PICP (Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavers) offers 7 major reasons…
The concerns………
- Stormwater impact and flooding
- Traffic calming—Public Safety
- Street durability and cost effectiveness
- Carbon footprint and the environmental sustainability of paving material
- Sidewalk repair expense due to tree root heaving on cement sidewalks
- Heavy metal impact from streets that wash into gutter/storm drains and then into waterways
- Urban design and federal requirements
The best answer………………..Hydr
- Provide a durable, semi-smooth surface…not slippery and ADA compliant
- Creates long term cost benefits….50-100 year lifespan
- Reduces carbon footprint
- Limits peak stormwater discharge and improve water quality of any runoff
- Creates the potential to mitigate street sweeping requirements and improve runoff water quality
- Decreases sidewalk cement heaving
- Reduces solar heat gain because of light surface color and permeable material
- Enable traffic calming
- Provides aesthetic improvements
** The majority of the above is reprinted from PICP publications. Copy on file for review.
