Over the years, Wolf Paving has completed thousands of paving jobs for residential paving, commercial paving and municipal paving clients. Here, we highlight one job that used porous asphalt paving to help one business in more than one way. Take a look.
It may look black, but asphalt pavement is turning green. Porous asphalt is increasingly the choice of businesses, cities, agencies and homeowners striving for environmental sustainability and durability of paved areas.
You'll find this permeable product in a wide range of areas, including:
The term “porous” refers to holes in the asphalt material that provides a way of managing storm water or drainage challenges. Porous material is most often used for parking lots to allow water to drain through the surface and be infiltrated into the soil below the pavement. Not only a low-maintenance option for homes and businesses with drainage problems; porous has also been an ideal option for municipal projects that face recent storm water regulations. Common uses include sidewalks, driveways, fire lanes, road shoulders and roadways.
Choosing a paving option for your project is critical to its success. Bad paving choices can lead to poor drainage and expensive repairs. Porous asphalt can be the ideal paving solution for many commercial applications.
Here in Wisconsin, where the winters can get brutal and the springs can be extremely wet, we tend to recommend our clients invest in porous asphalt pavement.
