What are the Council doing?
There is a city-wide interest in installing Sustainable Drainage Systems. This presents an opportunity for the Council to collaborate with partners, including the Environment Agency and Severn Trent Water. We are integrating permeable paving into Coventry, within the city centre. The company Interpave have produced several case studies to showcase great examples of how permeable paving can be used successfully.
Case study: White Hart Lane, North Tottenham, London
This case study was an approach taken to reduce flooding and pollution of the hidden Moselle River, through the use of bioretention gardens to collect and treat polluted road run off. Permeable paving was used to further reduce run off.
Case study: Bridget Joyce Square, Australia Road, White City, London
This is a SuDS (Sustainable Drainage System) park with the community at its heart, and an example for future urban landscapes.
It celebrates roof water collection with sculptural gutters, downpipes and twisted steel halyards bringing water into rain gardens.
Concrete block permeable paving overlays a tarmac road and filters water into the rain gardens.
These webpages have been produced in collaboration with Interpave, the Environment Agency and Warwickshire Wildlife Trust.