Porous Asphalt
In the development world…well generally in the world these days, more concern and emphasis is being put on storm water run-off and control. Historically this has been done through detention ponds and vaults.
I mentioned pervious concrete in an earlier blog. Here is a little article that talks about Porous Asphalt. It handles the water in a similar method as the pervious concrete.
The idea behind both methods is infiltration and recharge of the surrounding ground water. Consider too, that both these items are less labor intensive on the installation end and could save a developer money.
