SuDS in London - a guide
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4.2 Street scenarios<br />
Street scenario 1<br />
A roadway with large tracts of land<br />
alongside, between slip roads and<br />
<strong>in</strong>terchanges. This expansive leftover<br />
space has great potential to <strong>in</strong>corporate<br />
extensive <strong>SuDS</strong> creat<strong>in</strong>g and l<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g<br />
habitats, as well as improv<strong>in</strong>g and us<strong>in</strong>g<br />
adjacent land.<br />
Potential <strong>SuDS</strong> components<br />
1. Wet swale, see 3.6<br />
4<br />
8<br />
2. Filter dra<strong>in</strong>, see 3.5<br />
3. Filter strips, see 3.4<br />
9<br />
4. Tree plant<strong>in</strong>g, see 3.9<br />
5. Ponds, see 3.13<br />
6. Retention bas<strong>in</strong>s as overflow, see 3.12<br />
5<br />
3<br />
7. Infiltration where conditions allow,<br />
see 3.3<br />
8. Liv<strong>in</strong>g roofs, see 3.2<br />
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1<br />
2<br />
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67 4 <strong>SuDS</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>London</strong>’s streets