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From: nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe)
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< follow that tangent! >
> ...  The road medians are first covered with a thin coat of gravel,
> and then PAINTED GREEN.  If you don't look close at it, it looks nice.

What about drainage (or is this not a problem?)  In the opposite direction,
I have seen some signs of intelligence in the park engineers in Pinellas
County, Florida.  There, 70 - 80 inches of rain annually are not uncommon,
and simply flushing rainwater into the sewage system is not desirable (it
is needed for the aquifer and the sewage systems are already overloaded).
So they paved the parking lot with cinder blocks layed on their sides so 
the holes were vertical.  These were then filled to within an inch or two
from the top, and grass, etc. allowed to grow in them.  They are lots 
cooler than asphalt and don't look to bad (especially from underneath).
I expect that they were also much cheaper than the usual paving technique.
Nemo
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