Abstract
Rain Gardens for Roads: Installation & Maintenance Tips—Rain gardens and bio-swales provide an effective means of addressing water quality and quantity issues along roadways, if properly designed and installed. If not properly installed, they can create flooding, unsafe driving conditions, and ugly eyesores. We will examine how to successfully incorporate rain gardens into roadways, including design and long-term maintenance considerations, and present lessons learned from construction and upkeep of rain gardens in municipal installations.
Session Number
7
Session Title
Green Roads: Case Studies for a Complete Street and Rain Gardens
Track Title
Design & Construction
Location
STEW206
Date of Version
March 2016
Recommended Citation
Batta, Nick, "Moving Beyond Functional Classifications: Street Typologies as a Systemic Approach to Complete Streets" (2016). Purdue Road School. 2.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/roadschool/2016/presentations/2
Start Date
3-8-2016 1:00 PM
End Date
3-8-2016 1:50 PM
Included in
Moving Beyond Functional Classifications: Street Typologies as a Systemic Approach to Complete Streets
STEW206
Rain Gardens for Roads: Installation & Maintenance Tips—Rain gardens and bio-swales provide an effective means of addressing water quality and quantity issues along roadways, if properly designed and installed. If not properly installed, they can create flooding, unsafe driving conditions, and ugly eyesores. We will examine how to successfully incorporate rain gardens into roadways, including design and long-term maintenance considerations, and present lessons learned from construction and upkeep of rain gardens in municipal installations.
