Chesnut Road improvement and SuDS project

The Chesnut Road link is used by pedestrians, local residents, Tottenham Hotspur fans and cyclists. There were issues with antisocial behaviour and the drainage network had insufficient capacity to manage some storm events, causing localised flooding and large areas of ponding.

The redesign of the link introduced a pocket park to activate the space and SuDS to increase the drainage storage capacity. 

The key SuDS features used were: 

• rain gardens and a triangular basin to store stormwater 
• a length of swale (open channel) to carry water to the new basin 
• small bridge across the swale 
• meadow-style planting 

Other features include:

• new paving, kerbing and surfacing throughout, with creation of 4.2m wide shared surface for pedestrians and cyclists
• new play equipment, boulders, outdoor gym and scooter track for children
• installation of a new CCTV camera
• new LED street lighting along the link and feature lighting in three locations across the area

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