Porous Lane

Reducing runoff and treating stormwater with no sub-surface drainage required ⛈ 🚗 🌳 Last week the Porous Lane team completed a 430m2 section of WSUD carpark for Glen Eira City Council at the East Caulfield Reserve in Melbourne's South East. Porous Lane's permeable pavement will reduce runoff from the parking bays and improving stormwater quality, while recharging the groundwater table to provide passive irrigation to the established trees. The trafficable surface will also be able to tolerate future tree root movement without cracking. Other benefits include a lower surface temperature than asphalt and the re-use of over 1200 waste tyres. This carpark is a great example of a system that does not require any sub-surface drainage due to the high permeability of the subgrade. Water is captured in storage cells beneath the surface then drains out of the system at a slower rate, returning rate back to the groundwater table after treatment via the Porous Lane medium. We would like to thank Boris Petrovski at Glen Eira City Council, Dale Browne and E2Designlab for the design work, Parkinson Group, and in particular, Angus Burnett for their assistance with the installation and recognise the contribution of Melbourne Water to the project.

A win win win for the Kingsway shopping strip in the City Of Monash 🙌 The use of Porous Lane provides: - passive irrigation to help mature trees flourish and provide more shade during the hotter months - a pavement asset that is highly tolerant of tree-root movement - waste tyres being put to good use in a high-performance material Thanks to the Arboriculture team who had the vision to make it happen. Patrick Hayes Paul Ridgway 🌳 🚘 🌳

Join us on December 11 for a webinar with Parks and Leisure Australia VIC/TAS Region on how Porous Lane can provide more sustainable, tree-friendly pavement assets in parks and open spaces. Link to register below.

Porous Lane is pleased to announce a partnership with L.E.A.F. Innovations as our local supplier and installer to the Queensland market. Lead by Daniel Oaten, a specialist in the interface between trees and pavements, L.E.A.F Innovations will be delivering Porous Lane in Queensland from 2025 onwards. Please get in touch with us if you’d like to explore the benefits of using high-performance permeable pavement in projects in Queensland.

New tree surrounds day! This week approx 300 waste tyres were put to good use on Burgundy Street adding permeability and colour to a high volume pedestrian setting in Melbourne's inner north. 🌳 🚶♀️ 🌳 Old and damaged tree surrounds have been replaced by Porous Lane to support further establishment of urban canopy along this busy shopping strip and provide the council with resilient assets that will tolerate root movements as each tree grows. Thanks to Banyule City Council for arranging the installation and for their commitment to the use of recycled materials in their councils asset mix. 🙌

Urgent research work here by Thami Croeser on the importance of urban canopy and how current approaches aren't delivering the outcomes we need, with just 3 per cent of buildings in inner Melbourne currently providing adequate neighbourhood tree canopy cover. “We know depression, anxiety, obesity and heatstroke are more prevalent in urban areas lacking access to shady tree canopy and green open spaces,” said Croeser, from the RMIT Centre for Urban Research. “We put trees in a hole in the footpath,” Croeser said. “That footpath is made of crushed rock underneath the paving, and there’s almost no water getting to that tree, and the soil underneath is very limited. “So you’ve got trees that, effectively, are starving or thirsty all the time, and their roots are struggling to find a place to grow.”

Porous Lane is now listed on the Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC) iSupply Directory, a list of products that can provide measurable sustainability benefits to infrastructure projects. Our permeable pavement can be used to apply for the following credits under IS v1.2 and IS v2.1. IS v1.2: Cli-2, Dis-1, Inn-1, Lan-2, Lan-4, Mat-1, Mat-2, Wat-1, Wat-2 IS v2.1: Env-1, Inn-1, Res-1, Wat-1 , Wat-2 Please reach out if you would like more information on how Porous Lane can address each of these or visit the link below. https://lnkd.in/gZD-rJGJ

We're pleased to be presenting a webinar for Parks and Leisure Australia on how Porous Lane's permeable pavement can support better outcomes for trees and infrastructure in parkland settings. Join us on Wednesday 11 December. Register via the link below: Wednesday 11 December 2024 12:00PM - 1:00PM (AEDT) Registration: 🎫 https://lnkd.in/ghk8qWDk

Congratulations to the City Of Monash for completing the training program to become accredited installers of Porous Lane. The City of Monash will now be able to order Porous Lane materials and undertake installations with their own team. If you are a council and are interested in obtaining training to install Porous Lane, please reach out to us at sales@porouslane.com.au for more information.

Today Porous Lane is attending the annual Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC) conference ISC Connect. If you're in NSW and attending the conference, come visit our stand to talk all things about permeability, stormwater and circular economy. We look forward to joining the iSupply database in the near future and assisting clients in achieving their IS Ratings goals.