North Hillside Road Extension Project
Project Profile
Site Sustainable Measures
 Site Selection, Urban Development, and Alternative Transportation
Goals / Strategies:
- Site with least impact
- Encourage development to urban areas preserving natural resources
- Encouraging alternative transportation methods
Proposed Implementation:
- Alignment will avoid Vernal pool and proposing mitigation amphibian crossing (See diagram above)
- Sidewalk to serve pedestrians and bicycles. Bus service to the new developments
- Roadway alignment least amount of wetland impact. Sidewalks one side of roadway only
As part of the project's low-impact strategy, proposed amphibian crossings are incorporated into the roadway design to provide relief for migrating vernal pool species. |
Stormwater Sustainable Measures: Management and Re-use
Goals / Strategies:
- On-site stormwater treatment/infiltration to meet the EPA’s Best Management Practices
Proposed Implementation:
- Stormwater treated on-site before released off-site.
- At natural low points, on site detention and sedimentation basins.
- Vegetated wet and dry water quality swales convey runoff maintain groundwater recharge.
- Level spreaders create sheet flow. nExisting hydrologic flow patterns maintained.
Landscaping Sustainable Measures: Water Efficient Design and
Light Pollution Reduction
Vernal Pool Field Data Compilation Diagram |
Goals / Strategies:
- Provide shade on at least 30% of non-roof impervious surfaces, including parking lots and walkways.
- Minimize light trespass
Proposed Implementation:
- If captured rain is desired, it will take some time to be established and will have to be supplemented as deemed necessary.
- Trees both sides of roadway with light colored sidewalks.
- Full cutoff light fixtures. Zero-bleedoff.
- Turf mixtures are drought tolerant.
- There are no irrigation systems proposed
Information courtesy of Fuss & O'Neill, Inc
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