[CANUFNET] sidewalk bridging over roots

[Jeremy Gye]

Hi Ian,

Is there any latitude to play with the grading/profile of the sidewalk, in
order to accommodate the roots using a more conventional sidewalk
construction approach?

 

Jeremy

 

E-mail: jgye at shaw.ca

 

From: canufnet-bounces at list.web.net [mailto:canufnet-bounces at list.web.net]
On Behalf Of Ian Wilson
Sent: May-18-12 2:57 PM
To: 'Canadian Urban Forest Network'
Subject: [CANUFNET] sidewalk bridging over roots

 

ALL-

 

Kelowna is looking at a new sidewalk installation next to some mature street
trees (red oaks).  In the past we have successfully used rubber sidewalks in
these types of situations but in this case it's going to be a multi-use
corridor and there are concerns that the rubber surface is not as suitable
for roller blades, etc. because of the seams.

 

I have a couple of questions:

 

1)       Anybody else have experience with rubber sidewalks in these
situations and whether the bumps are an issue?

2)      Another possible solution is reinforced concrete bridging over the
roots.  Does anybody have specifications for bridged sidewalk construction
that they could send to me?

 

Thanks

 

Ian

 

 

 

Ian Wilson, Park Services Manager
Park Services 

 

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