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<br />ee <br /> <br />ee <br /> <br />~.. ' <br /> <br />along the roadside, it is dispersed among many small lot line swales. Because of this, <br />roadside swales don't have to carry the capacity normally required of storm sewers. <br /> <br />In many cases were curbs are not used, no real roadside drainageways are provided at all. <br />Instead, a very minor vee-shaped drainageway is formed where the cross-pitch slope of the <br />road pavement meets the slope of the front lawn. One great example of this is the high- <br />property-value subdivision called Rolling Green in Edina where roadside drainage works <br />exactly this way. Another example is the White Oaks Subdivision also in Edina - another <br />high-property-value subdivision prized for its rural character (despite being surrounded by <br />very urban development). Drainage works perfectly well in both these neighborhoods. <br />Arguments that curb-and-gutter is necessary to hold road edges and provide drainage are <br />simply uninformed by the facts of proper rural road-building techniques and the substantial <br />number of historical precedents that refute such assertions. <br /> <br />Rationale for OSD changes <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />Sykes <br />