Observations
★WRA
Purpose of visit: Learning and observing how different types of pavement work
The Water Resources Agency has installed four different types of pavement under the roadbed permeability engineering of the "Green Building Promotion Program." It was built in 2003 by the Construction and Planning Agency of the Ministry of Interior. This massive project costed 5.46 million NT dollars.
The Water Resources Agency provided the facility to build models of four types of permeable pavement, and each model includes a sprinkler, viewing tank, rain gauge, thermometer, and other instruments for research. The research plan was developed and ran by the National Central University. The four types of pavement include the permeable asphalt, permeable bricks, grass bricks, and the JW Eco-Technology Pavement. People can study the different pavement types in terms of their degree of permeability, effects on flood prevention, effects on temperature, noise reduction, comfort index, others, and learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of each. The Water Resources Agency is a great place for us to learn about the different types of permeable pavement.
Address : No.76, Sec. 3, Anhe Rd., Xindian District, New Taipei City 23159, Taiwan
Telephone : (02)8941-5026
By Kathleen Chien