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Open-textured soil or granular material
Gravel or similar surface on a sub-base. Typically used in locations
where very low volumes of light weight traffic, such as cars, will be
present and a low cost solution is required. There is little design
and the use is restricted to locations such as pedestrian areas, driveways
on private property and temporary car parks. |
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Geosynthetic gravel/grass protection systems
Modular interlocking plastic paving systems infilled with gravel/grass/aggregate
and bedded on a free-draining structural sub-base layer. Typically used
for light/medium loadings such as car parks or locations where occasional
heavy vehicular loadings occur (for example, due to refuse collection
vehicles, removal lorries or fire appliances). |
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Small porous elemental surfacing blocks
Precast blocks formed of low-fines concrete or other material, which
results in the blocks having many small, interlinked internal voids
throughout their section. These are laid on a recommended sub-base,
which has in the past varied from Type 1 sub-base (which is actually
relatively impermeable) to clean gravel and crushed rock, or other open-textured
support. Typical uses are for public, engineered surfaces carrying light
loading but of high frequency such as shopping centre car parks. |
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Continuous-laid porous material
Porous asphalt, porous concrete or resin bound aggregate, laid on a
recommended sub-base of free-draining granular material. Remains free-draining
provided regular surface maintenance limits the deposit of debris in
the surface void spaces. Typical uses are for public, engineered surfaces
carrying high volumes of heavy and/or light loading, such as shopping
centre car parks and service roads. |