"Admittedly, a ribbon-cutting for a small residential street is a little weird, and Katherine Court isn't new it's been on the maps for more than a century. But it's been given new life thanks to an innovative, first-of-its kind project. You see, Katherine Court is part of the 0.2% of San Jose's 2,500 miles of streets not paved with asphalt. It was paved entirely with concrete,"
"Asphalt streets need to be resurfaced every 10 to 20 years, a transportation official told me, but concrete can last decades longer. In the case of Katherine Court, though, it was heavily cracked think of your garage floor and had been patched a few times. Bob Sippel, president of the Rose Garden Neighborhood Association, said when workers would come out to repair the street, they'd tell him it was only a temporary fix."
San Jose repaved Katherine Court, a 500-foot residential road in the Rose Garden neighborhood adjacent to I-880, using permeable concrete pavers. The street is one of the few in the city historically paved with concrete but had extensive cracking, patches, and inadequate drainage because sidewalks were nearly level with the roadway and lacked gutters or storm drains. Heavy rains caused flooding that residents manually shoveled away. The permeable concrete pavers aim to improve stormwater drainage, reduce flooding, and extend pavement lifespan compared with asphalt, which typically requires resurfacing every 10 to 20 years.
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