The Town of Tecumseh initiated the Pentilly Road Improvements Project in 2005 based on the results of a Roads Needs Study. Dillon Consulting Limited was retained to assist in its planning, design and implementation. What started out as a conventional approach to reconstruction and infrastructure improvements quickly evolved into the implementation of a sustainable green road design, which has since come to gain notable acceptance in the community, and continues to inspire teh Town in its quest to adopt sustainability as a standard. The primary objectives of the 'green road' design approach were to address the need for: traffic calming; minimizing environmental impacts;l control of stormwater runoff quantity and quality; minimize social impacts (character) of established neighbourhoods, and; preserving the use and function of established roadway environments. This project was nominated for the 2008 TAC Sustainable UrbanTransportation Award. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E217481.
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