destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoThey Tore Down a Highway and Made it a River (and traffic got better) - Not Just Bikesyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down11
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minus-squarepdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 days agoLovely project. Does anyone know any other examples where rivers were restored where once a car sewer stood?
minus-squaredestructdisc@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 days agoUtrecht in the Netherlands had a moat that they turned into a motorway, and then back into a canal a few years ago
minus-square[email protected]@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoNot same story, but some points in common: In Valencia, after a flood, they diverted a river. The plan was to use the new available space for an urban highway (it was the sixties…), but thanks to people push back it was turned into e beautfult park https://metropolismag.com/projects/how-valencia-turned-crisis-river-into-park/
Lovely project. Does anyone know any other examples where rivers were restored where once a car sewer stood?
Utrecht in the Netherlands had a moat that they turned into a motorway, and then back into a canal a few years ago
Not same story, but some points in common:
In Valencia, after a flood, they diverted a river. The plan was to use the new available space for an urban highway (it was the sixties…), but thanks to people push back it was turned into e beautfult park
https://metropolismag.com/projects/how-valencia-turned-crisis-river-into-park/