[SEMCO] last chance to register, free Low Impact Development workshop May 24, 12:00-2:45 in the town of Marion

[Joe Costa]

This is your last chance to register for the Wednesday, May 24 workshop: "How to make Low Impact Development Happen in Your Community" (12:00-2:45 in Marion, MA).

We are near capacity, and will soon close down the online registration site.

Low impact development (LID) means narrower roads and less impervious surfaces. LID also employs strategies to treat stormwater closer to where it is generated.  But LID is often discouraged by town regulations that attempt to achieve a gold standard of wide roads, curbs, and hard solutions for stormwater treatment. This old school approach is more costly to construct, bad for the environment, and creates a long-term burden for taxpayers in maintenance and repaving costs.  Claims of road width to meet public safety do not match the actual needs of emergency vehicles or reflect their ability to use existing roads. Commercial sites often have parking space for the "hundred year parking event" and are rarely designed with rain capturing islands or other LID strategies.

Register to find out what your town must do at:
http://www.buzzardsbay.org/lidreg.htm
or call Tracy at 508-291-3625 x10

The Buzzards Bay Action Committee, Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program, and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management are cosponsoring this workshop.  We are particularly targeting planners, conservation agents, municipal Phase II stormwater permit coordinators, planning board members, selectmen and citizens who are making decisions about the future of their community.
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