White Hart Lane and Love Lane sustainable drainage system projects

White Hart Lane is one of the few east-west roads that can be used by high-sided vehicles because of the low railway bridges on surrounding roads. However, an over-emphasis on the use of the road by cars has undermined the environmental quality of the neighbourhood for people walking, using public transport or cycling.

This project aimed to make White Hart Lane more attractive and welcoming, make it a better place to live, support the existing shops and encourage more businesses to the area.

The street drainage plan was installed to manage the rainwater as close as possible to where it falls by providing permeable surfaces so that rain water can soak through to the soil layers below.

The pavement paving slabs are laid with small gaps between them filled with pollution-cleaning grit that the water drains through. The water can be stored and filtered in the special gravel ‘sponge’ layers to be released very slowly to the pipes connected to the Moselle. It should be noted that some rainwater will soak into the clay soil below the pavement construction.

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