Negley & Solway Green Streets

Overview

The Wightman Park Green Infrastructure Project combines neighborhood-scale stormwater capture and conveyance in the street Right of Way with park-based stormwater detention infrastructure. Ethos Collaborative and collaborator Studio for Spatial Practice are finalizing designs for a networked “green street” system to collect rainwater from the neighborhood, infiltrate runoff locally, and convey excess to the park. Project goals focused on reducing stormwater runoff contributing to combined sewer overflows in the M-29 “priority” sewershed. Stormwater management elements compliment and incorporate community and stakeholder-guided improvements envisioned as part of the Wightman Park Conceptual Master Plan.

This project re-imagines the local streetscape to add value to the community through decreasing stormwater runoff, increasing pedestrian safety and neighborhood flood preparedness, and creating more functional green space in the urban environment via a watershed-based approach.