Water retention parks and how they work
CBC looks at the city’s water retention parks and explains how they will help the urban fabric cope with heavy rainfall. I have to say that new Park Ex park looks like a more interesting place to play than the paved spaces I grew up with.
Ian 19:26 on 2023-09-09 Permalink
One of my favourite places to play as a kid was an abandoned quarry but I’m sure this is much safer 😀
Kate 20:25 on 2023-09-09 Permalink
A later piece from CTV covers the demolition of a parking lot in Lachine to make another green space with water retention capability. Nothing yet about people bewailing the lost parking.
JP 21:27 on 2023-09-09 Permalink
All I will say is that Lachine and Parc Ex are two completely different neighbourhoods. My experience of Lachine where I’ve been going fairly often since my brother moved there is that finding a spot to park is easy. A good portion of Lachine is homes with driveways…FYI. I used to think Lachine …was poor but exploring the area some parts of it almost seem upper middle class.
Kate 11:09 on 2023-09-10 Permalink
I don’t think anyone would challenge your point that Lachine and Parc Ex are different. The only thing that links these two stories is the interest in creating more places where rain can sink naturally into the ground rather than running off paved surfaces into the overloaded sewer system.
MarcG 17:09 on 2023-09-10 Permalink
Kate I think you’ve got your positives and negatives a bit tangled up in that first sentence.
Kate 19:37 on 2023-09-10 Permalink
Thank you. Fixed.