Ballard Roadside Raingardens
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Ballard project to treat run-off before it pollutes our waterways
Ballard Roadside Raingardens
The Federal Recovery Act has provided funds and Ballard, a Seattle neighborhood, has received them with a goal of naturally pre-treating yard run-off from roofs and driveways by filtering it through densely vegetated rain gardens. This will keep keep many pollutants out of the ship canal waterway and Puget Sound.
At present the areas between NW 65th Street and NW 80th Street and from 28th Avenue to 31st Avenue are a part of the project. These are relatively wide streets. Twenty-eighth Avenue used to have a trolley running from the Ballard center out to Golden Gardens Park.
At present, construction is underway. From the city's website "The rain gardens are designed with soils and densely planted vegetation to infiltrate and filter storm water flowing from the roadway, while providing attractive landscaping. Rain gardens will be located within existing planting strips, and in some cases may extend slightly into roadways, providing a secondary benefit of traffic calming."
Not only will these rain gardens help with storm water control, they will slow down traffic through the residential streets and improve the standard of living in the neighborhoods.
Read more about rain gardens and about the city project. Let me know if you have any questions. Perhaps you'd like to live in an area such as this. I can help you with that too.
Glenn Roberts, SRES*
Lake and Company Real Estate
206-524-3665
Seattle Residential ~ I Do That
Licensed broker since 1985 offering spectacular service to buyers and sellers in greater Seattle, with particular interest in Green Lake, Ballard, Phinney Ridge, Wallingford, Ravenna, Bryant, View Ridge, Roosevelt and the University District.
*Senior Real Estate Specialist
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