Comment on Why don't urban/suburban streets and roads use a center storm channel?
OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 week ago
prevent leaves from falling directly into a drain and clogging it
Leaves that fall directly onto the drainage grate aren’t really the concern. The vast majority of leaves that end up there were washed there by the flowing water … and that won’t change much by changing the location of the grate. Once the water picks up a leaf, it will end up there sooner or later.
litchralee@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
This is true. At the same time though, I’ve never seen a pile of leaves remain stationary in the middle of a street for very long, as every passing car or bike inevitably disturbs the leaves. Maybe delivery drivers could be encouraged to drive over the center drains so that piles of leaves are dislodged from around the drains.