Expanded Tree Boxes for Street Trees and Plazas

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Expanded Tree Boxes for Street Trees and Plazas

• MARQ2 Project
• Each Silva Cell group holds 750 cf soil and
  stores 188 cf stormwater 180 trees.
• 34,000 cf (or .77 acre feet) of stormwater
  stored cells.
• Able to capture and treat 1/24 hr storm (90
  rain event).
• 5.5 Acre Catchment Area

Source Marquette Avenue and Second Avenue
(MARQ2) South Transit Project, Minneapolis Public
Works, Structural Cell Installation
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MARQ2 Streetscape Construction - Minneapolis
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MARQ2 Streetscape Construction - Minneapolis
Excavation for Structural Cell Tree Growth
Supports Under Sidewalk MARQ2 Project Photo
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MARQ2 Streetscape Construction - Minneapolis
Installation of Structural Cell Tree Growth
Supports Under Sidewalk MARQ2 Project Photo
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MARQ2 Streetscape Construction - Minneapolis
New Sidewalk includes Permeable Pavement sections
over Structural Cell Tree Growth Supports MARQ2
Project Photo