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PROJECT PARNTER(S)
Client and Designer: City of Vancouver

LOCATION
near City Farmer's garden, lane east of Maple St. from 5th Avenue to the dead end south, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS
3GA

DESCRIPTION
With the second "Country Lane", no driving strips would be formed as was done in the first "Country Lane". Instead plastic mats were used throughout and the "driving strips" were created by backfilling the plastic mats with aggregate where vehicles were expected to drive over.

PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS
Maple St. Country Lane - Green Infrastructure Wiki

LESSONS LEARNED
what can we learn from this place? you could address issues of performance, funding, maintenance, interpretation, aesthetics, anything...

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
http://www.cityfarmer.org/lanes.html (City Farmer's website)
http://199.175.219.1/engsvcs/streets/admin/improvements/improvementTypes/countrylane2.htm (City website)
construction sequence images


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