Comments on: EPA Testing Environmentally Friendly Parking Lot Concepts http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/28/epa-testing-environmentally-friendly-parking-lot-concepts/ Environmental Leader Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Todd http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/28/epa-testing-environmentally-friendly-parking-lot-concepts/comment-page-1/#comment-158925 Todd Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:04:53 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26340#comment-158925 This is a good option for businesses, because their parking lots are their problem. It’s different for roads that will be accepted by a town. We've looked into this, but towns are reluctant to accept roads with permeable pavements without knowing the long term maint. costs. IMO the most impressive Stormwater BMP now is the SBZ, (Google Stormwater Buffer Zone) which are catch basins and catch basin retrofits which can trap and filter sediment much more effectively and far less expensively than anything we've used. This study will take 10 years to complete, but BMPs in existing catch basins con be installed right now with observable results. Money is better spent on optimizing existing catch basin infrastructure than make pavement a silt trap, though permeable pavements have some other great features. This is a good option for businesses, because their parking lots are their problem. It’s different for roads that will be accepted by a town. We’ve looked into this, but towns are reluctant to accept roads with permeable pavements without knowing the long term maint. costs.

IMO the most impressive Stormwater BMP now is the SBZ, (Google Stormwater Buffer Zone) which are catch basins and catch basin retrofits which can trap and filter sediment much more effectively and far less expensively than anything we’ve used.

This study will take 10 years to complete, but BMPs in existing catch basins con be installed right now with observable results.

Money is better spent on optimizing existing catch basin infrastructure than make pavement a silt trap, though permeable pavements have some other great features.

]]> By: Nick Peterson http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/28/epa-testing-environmentally-friendly-parking-lot-concepts/comment-page-1/#comment-158809 Nick Peterson Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:57:03 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26340#comment-158809 How about eliminating parking requirements and providing better public transit and bicycling facilities? How about actually REDUCING the number of parking spaces in our communities and reducing our dependence on automobiles? How about eliminating parking requirements and providing better public transit and bicycling facilities? How about actually REDUCING the number of parking spaces in our communities and reducing our dependence on automobiles?

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