CDG announces: Green Complete Streets

FEB 15 2010 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Community Design Group, LLC and BLUE&GREEN introduce Green Complete Streets™, a new approach to design and redevelopment of roadways. Green Complete Streets™ combines innovative approaches above and below ground to sustainably address water catchment, reuse and infiltration while effecting street-level changes that improve walking, biking and transit infrastructure in our cities.

Sustainable or green practices for water catchment, reuse and infiltration have been in development for years. Hundreds of cities in the U.S. are facing water conservation and runoff restrictions and have moved to wide implementation of best management practices to capture stormwater on site.

Complete Streets are becoming an established design practice as communities across the nation are recognizing the need to provide safe space and access for all users of a road, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders. A Complete Streets approach ensures that streets are people-oriented places and that they work for people of all ages and abilities, including seniors, children, and people with disabilities.

Green Complete Streets™ integrates state-of-the-art stormwater management practices with Complete Streets planning and design principles to maximize the redevelopment potential of outdated municipal street systems. Green Complete Streets™ recognizes that it is most cost-effective to make street-level changes when making underground improvements. This approach can apply to urban, suburban and rural areas, and encompasses aspects of both green streets and Complete Streets infrastructure.

Contact Community Design Group and BLUE&GREEN for information about scenarios, solutions and a newly developed toolbox of designs which provide affordable and innovative approaches for developers and municipalities looking to improve their water management practices while expanding transportation choices for all.

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