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LA neighborhood solves many problems with a little less pavement

Posted by: Maven on January 9, 2010 at 7:42 am

nrdc la streetFrom the NRDC Switchboard blog:

“This week, the LA Times reported on the welcome plan to create a new park by narrowing Grand Avenue in the South Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The story does a good job of describing how the project will make the avenue more pedestrian friendly and create much needed green space for residents.

One thing the story does not mention is that the park, and ones like it, can also help reduce water pollution at LA beaches. How? By cutting down on dirty stormwater runoff.

Though the article doesn’t mention it, narrowing streets and creating green space with unneeded roadway follows classic green infrastructure principles.

Green infrastructure–things like urban forestry, street-edge gardens, and pervious pavement–is a proven and cost-effective way to prevent polluted runoff. It can also help with water supply challenges by providing a place to infiltrate rainwater that would otherwise runoff and deliver pollution to rivers and the ocean. … “

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January 9, 2010 · Filed Under Flood Control/Stormwater

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