PROJECT PARNTER(S)Client and Designer: City of Vancouver
LOCATIONnear City Farmer's garden, lane east of Maple St. from 5th Avenue to the dead end south, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS3GADESCRIPTIONWith 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
LESSONS LEARNEDwhat can we learn from this place? you could address issues of performance, funding, maintenance, interpretation, aesthetics, anything...
ADDITIONAL RESOURCEShttp://www.cityfarmer.org/lanes.html (City Farmer's website)
http://199.175.219.1/engsvcs/streets/admin/improvements/improvementTypes/countrylane2.htm (City website)
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