Could we 'daylight' our inner city streams?
From Stuff Re-Imagining Wellington story
“An increasing trend for cities around the world is daylighting – the process of digging urban streams out of darkness to restore them to their more natural conditions.”
“The extent to which Wellington city has paved over its urban streams makes it hard to even picture just how extensive the network of waterways under our feet is.
Paul Blaschke, an environmental consultant and an expert in stream catchments, roughly estimates there may be as much as 700km of culverted streams within the Wellington city limits, compared to as little as 60km of open streams.”
