tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27459292.post912559827958643914..comments2023-07-09T00:50:33.320+09:30Comments on Through Balanda Eyes: What's wrong with Rapid Creek?David Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06041580123414270092noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27459292.post-64779591226254554982014-01-06T22:23:22.443+09:302014-01-06T22:23:22.443+09:30It must be incredibly frustrating for an engineer ...It must be incredibly frustrating for an engineer to have to deal with natural processes interfering with their impeccable designs... <br />The wide drains along Osgood drive used to have a reasonable amount of natural vegetation, grasses etc... holding the soil together. Then they went and scraped it bare and tossed in a few hay bale silt traps to prevent the culverts from clogging up. So what they've done is remove a natural biological erosion inhibitor and attempted to stop the resulting erosion from traveling too far. The final image shows just how effective this method has proven to be... Next step I'm sure will be to lay bitumen across the whole thing!David Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041580123414270092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27459292.post-71913387304997124422014-01-06T18:10:12.152+09:302014-01-06T18:10:12.152+09:30I also live in Rapid creek, but not subject to the...I also live in Rapid creek, but not subject to these problems. Decreased upstream infiltration is a MAJOR, MAJOR issue, and can be partially rectified. All development could use permeable paving to radically reduce run off. Use of organics to filter and allow better infiltration is also possible. A solution will be multi faceted, but should it be as radical as now apparently proposed by government, and could they afford it? Oh.... I forgot..... they will be getting kickbacks from their real estate mates!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27459292.post-45034625030421369232014-01-02T12:12:25.794+09:302014-01-02T12:12:25.794+09:30Happy New Year, David!
Peace :)Happy New Year, David!<br />Peace :)GreenComotionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272116464292908327noreply@blogger.com