That's exactly the point I'm arguing. Things are going to be built. Parking lots, roads, whatever flat, smooth surface. It will be built. Slowing it down helps. I'm not saying speed it up. I'm saying sped up water is the problem. Think before you reply.

Eta: Not once in this thread did I say greenspace shouldn't be included in a plan. I am a huge proponent of more greenspace and good city planning

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Dude...having read through this thread, you're in a bit over your head

I've done several mock drainage studies altering watershed hydrology throughout different areas (Amite River basin is one of them). I know how it works

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Posted by Chitter Chatter

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Posted on 9/4/18 at 9:20 pm to goofball

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Bureaucratic red tape has delayed funding for the project since 1984

In Louisiana??? Get the F outta here

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Posted by BRgetthenet

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Posted on 9/4/18 at 9:23 pm to goofball

The whole state is a fart in the wind.

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Posted by OWLFAN86

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Posted on 9/4/18 at 9:24 pm to BRgetthenet

but I thought after Katrina we learned all we needed to know
and that LA was on top of it

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Posted by LSUengr

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Member since Sep 2005

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Posted on 9/4/18 at 10:35 pm to TigerstuckinMS

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does anyone know how astronomically more expensive this permeable concrete is than the normal stuff?

Cost isnt the biggest issue with permeable pavement here in LA. Slow soil permeability is the issue. For permeable pavement to work here, you must remove a 3-4' layer beneath it and put limestone or sand to provide storage for the water. Rain gardens pr bioswales are better options but even those need some of the soil below replaced with a more permeable layer below them to function.

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