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February 8, 2007

Port of Portland rolls out porous asphalt

  • Using the material saved $250,000 on a car storage lot by reducing permit requirements and eliminating a stormwater system.
    • By SAM BENNETT
    Journal Staff Reporter

    Photos courtesy of Century West Engineering
    The Port of Portland last year installed porous asphalt on a 50-acre site, reportedly the largest installation of its kind in the U.S.

    IT ISN'T OFTEN that a sea of asphalt attracts sustainability advocates.


     
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