Sustainable Porous Paving Solutions
Stewart Park, Middlesbrough Case Study
Work on Middlesbrough’s Stewart Park started in November 2011 and finished in May 2012. The play area was part of a £6.4M ' Parks for People' National Lottery funded scheme, whilst the access ways redevelopment was funded by the Governments 'PlayBuilder' programme.
With a total project value of £330k, the play area had to be designed to accommodate huge numbers of children as well as fit into a woodland setting within a heritage park that had existing problems with water logging. Due to the requirements, an extensive footpath network was needed using a material that could take heavy use, cope with the water logging, deal with problems caused by movement of tree roots and look attractive. KBI Flexi™-Pave was the perfect solution.
"I had been looking for a surface that was flexible, porous, attractive and hard wearing to provide footpaths for a large 'high profile ' play area situated in mature woodland that was very wet in places. Originally, I intended to use traditional tarmac but realised that tree roots would soon crack this surface and expensive drainage would be required. KBI Flexi™-Pave was exactly what I needed - and it's a sustainable product using recycled car tyres. KBI Flexi™-Pave was also ideal to surround a mature tree in the same scheme. The existing tarmac around the tree was being lifted and as the whole area was being refurbished, a high quality, flexible, porous surface was needed that would allow healthy root growth without being damaged, but also look attractive. With a choice of aggregates available, a stone was chosen that blended the tree surround to the adjoining new paving. The new surface is attractive, distinctive, subtle in appearance, extremely porous and flexible. I intend to use KBI Flexi™-Pave for a lot more tree surrounds throughout Middlesbrough.”
Peter Small, Middlesbrough Council
Graham Pell, sales and marketing director for KBI UK Ltd, said the company was delighted to be involved in the project. “Stewart Park is a much loved and extremely well-used amenity in the local community of Middlesbrough. The task of overhauling as much surface area as we did we one of the most challenging projects we have undertaken. However, the public reaction to the finished park has been one of the most satisfying we have ever experienced.�
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