smallspy
Senior Member
Look past that, at the exposed section of rail. Thin rubber boots around the whole of the rail, save for the top and inside face of the head.
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Look past that, at the exposed section of rail. Thin rubber boots around the whole of the rail, save for the top and inside face of the head.
Dan
Johnny Au
Senior Member
I am also in favour of Astroturf medians.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Tunafish13
Active Member
Im no gardener, or landscape architect, but if any dirt or porous material is going to go between the rails, wont it flood if it rains? There doesnt seem to be any drainage at all in the concrete...
W. K. Lis
Superstar
There's been years of experience in Europe and around the world, so they know about it. Unless Metrolinx will do as they currently do, and try to reinvent everything.
robmausser
Senior Member
They bring up a good point though that if the concrete base wasn't created with the proper drainage, we probably wont be seeing grass medians anytime soon. You cant just slap some grass ontop of concrete, it has to be done properly from the ground up
drum118
Superstar
If you look at my photo, you will see there is about a foot clearance under the rail itself. You then have the space for the rail/ROW itself that will be fill with dirt to support the grass. I have yet to see any drainage from the concrete top base to any system in the base concrete to allow water to escape. I haven't had a full view of the area where grass is supposed to go in to see if there is any drainage there.
With the amount of rain we get, will take a big rain fall to create a pool of water at the base of all of this dirt/?.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
I'd rather have a properly porous material, such as grass or dirt. Better for flood protection. The abundance of concrete is the primary reason why Toronto's flooding has been getting so bad lately
W. K. Lis
Superstar
The artificial turf does allow rainwater to flow through.
sixrings
Senior Member
Are you sure? Because the city of Toronto will not let you artificial turf your entire backyard for fear of flooding.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
In what century was that by-law created in? The city would just require that the artificial turf be porous.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
rbt
Senior Member
It requires that the turf be porous and the dirt underneath not be hard-packed.
If you put down a gravel/sand layer it would probably be fine.
Allandale25
Senior Member
drum118
Superstar
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