Site Impact

How ‘bout them Hokies?  Heart attack kids huh? I think the football team enjoys making everyone squirm nervously in their seats near the end of our games.  We got the “W” and that’s all that matters right?  Wrong. 

Land development, just as in football, has impacts and consequences on the entire site and surrounding sites as the project progresses.  These are impacts that you have to be aware of so that you may minimize them.  You must consider water runoff, pollutant runoff, site disturbance, etc.  Just as you have to minimize penalties and turnovers in a football game to win, you have to minimize the environmental impacts from your site design.  I challenge you to minimize impervious areas, steep slopes, and unnecessary development for your sites as you go through your LMs.    Consider using smaller road widths or excluding curb and gutters where applicable in your design.  Add green-space for a park or recreational area or even use a decorative pond/water garden as your water runoff storage.