Holes in porous pavement can get clogged with debris. Worcester uses porous pavement on some parking lots at parks. Porous pavement is 10% to 20% more expensive than traditional asphalt. (Correction: ...

A completed section of path shows the color and smoothness of the finish. Water percolates through the pavement into the ground, where it is returned to the water table naturally. A new kind of ...

One driveway at a time, many green-minded homeowners and communities are opting for permeable paving options instead of traditional asphalt. "It's much better for the environment because it helps cut ...

Pavements occupy twice the surface area of buildings in the U.S. In urban watersheds they produce two-thirds of excess runoff and are responsible for essentially all the runoff pollution and ...

The concrete oozed rather than poured out of the mixer truck, almost as if reluctant to cover the ground — partly because it won’t, entirely. Laborers shoveled pebbly gobs around to form a new ...

Parking lots have a nasty tendency to harbor all the oil, grease, and antifreeze that leak from vehicles. And after a heavy rain, all those substances mix together and take a trip to the closest ...

Durable paving blocks created from recycled shells and mining by-products present a lower-carbon solution for construction, supporting circular economy goals.

When Jefferson Parish leaders unveiled a nearly half-mile stretch of porous pavement in Fat City two years ago, they hailed it as a first step in changing the parish's often fraught relationship with ...

Homeowners love concrete, for both interior and exterior use. Outdoors, large expanses of concrete can create environmental problems, though, as they block stormwater from draining off into the soil.

One driveway at a time, many green-minded homeowners and communities are opting for permeable paving options instead of traditional asphalt. “It’s much better for the environment because it helps cut ...