In New Orleans(flood city) the city decided to construct concrete bio swales on each corner of my neighborhood that extend into the street the size of half a parking spot. Within a year I’ve seen two cars run aground the concrete swale during hard rain. To add insult to injury, the city subsequently decided to use an empty property lot per block as a retention pond, which was genius. My concern was did city engineers do their homework? The retention ponds were the effective solution because property lots were available(since Katrina) and were a much presentable solution than those intrusive, axle breaking, space consuming swales that are an eyesore.
I've seen rain gardens and bio-swales working really well in Austin and NYC. Looks like whoever is ultimately managing the building of these don't know what they're doing. the NYC ones in particular are a joint effort with the Department of transport, and don't get road maintenance clashing with water management.
Wow. You can't line a rain garden with concrete. Those concrete tubs are freaking ugly. Would have been a better idea to just educate homeowners on rain gardens and where the city would like them put, so that each family could just create their own. Lot more efficient, lot less expensive. Too bad to see the city hire people without landscaping skills.
These are dumb ideas to hand off city contracts to “friendly” contractors. Who the hell want stagnant water in front of their house? You know it’s not going down that quick.
Please educate yourself on green infrastructure. Mosquitoes need 10 days to complete their life cycle and there's no way these hold water that long so there's no threat from those breeding.
Funny . Americans are so lost ... they spend so much time learning intensive teschniques of farming and landscaping that a basic concept cant be taught to the trump supporters who are actually now charged with constructing a simple rain garden... go figure hahaha
In New Orleans(flood city) the city decided to construct concrete bio swales on each corner of my neighborhood that extend into the street the size of half a parking spot. Within a year I’ve seen two cars run aground the concrete swale during hard rain. To add insult to injury, the city subsequently decided to use an empty property lot per block as a retention pond, which was genius. My concern was did city engineers do their homework? The retention ponds were the effective solution because property lots were available(since Katrina) and were a much presentable solution than those intrusive, axle breaking, space consuming swales that are an eyesore.
I've seen rain gardens and bio-swales working really well in Austin and NYC. Looks like whoever is ultimately managing the building of these don't know what they're doing. the NYC ones in particular are a joint effort with the Department of transport, and don't get road maintenance clashing with water management.
Private contractors ...that's the problem. Rain garden is good for urban concrete jungle...not so much for suburb with green space
Wow. You can't line a rain garden with concrete. Those concrete tubs are freaking ugly. Would have been a better idea to just educate homeowners on rain gardens and where the city would like them put, so that each family could just create their own. Lot more efficient, lot less expensive. Too bad to see the city hire people without landscaping skills.
These are dumb ideas to hand off city contracts to “friendly” contractors. Who the hell want stagnant water in front of their house? You know it’s not going down that quick.
Please educate yourself on green infrastructure. Mosquitoes need 10 days to complete their life cycle and there's no way these hold water that long so there's no threat from those breeding.
A public work going awry in a liberal neighborhood? Go figure.
Funny . Americans are so lost ... they spend so much time learning intensive teschniques of farming and landscaping that a basic concept cant be taught to the trump supporters who are actually now charged with constructing a simple rain garden... go figure hahaha
@@Jamaicandoctor You are pretty simple.