{"id":35643,"date":"2020-02-17T11:29:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T11:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/case-studies\/main-street-markham-markham-on\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T13:06:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T13:06:18","slug":"main-street-markham-markham-on","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/gb\/case-studies\/main-street-markham-markham-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Main Street Markham"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35643\" class=\"elementor elementor-35643\" data-elementor-post-type=\"project\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbcab70 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbcab70\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e033096\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b9947b9\" data-id=\"6b9947b9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1a1064 elementor-widget elementor-widget-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"b1a1064\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/gb\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f7ea5ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f7ea5ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Main Street Markham<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45e54d9 elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45e54d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Main Street Markham<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61fbf85 elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61fbf85\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a422d12\" data-id=\"a422d12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-276b885 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"276b885\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p>As a suburb city of the Greater Toronto Area, the City of Markham transformed the vehicle dominated Main Street of their downtown into something that better supported commercial and pedestrian activities.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce16e55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce16e55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a suburb city of the Greater Toronto Area, the City of Markham transformed the vehicle dominated Main Street of their downtown into something that better supported commercial and pedestrian activities. The strategy to accomplish this was the incorporation of healthy street trees to offer an inviting restoration to the streetscape and attract residents to the area\u2019s restaurants and shops.<\/p>\n<p>With existing traffic volumes warranting the widening of certain sections of the street to four lanes, the challenge was accomplishing this while still allowing for healthy street tree growth. The City\u2019s plan widened the previously two-lane road to either four traffic lanes or two traffic lanes with curbside parallel parking, while implementing bump-outs at the intersections that reduced traffic to two lanes to both slow traffic flow while also providing a shorter crosswalk distance for pedestrians. These bump-outs are where the trees are located.<\/p>\n<p>Engineered tree pits were used underneath the bump-out areas along both sides of the street. But in order to provide the required soil volume for the trees, the tree pit systems needed to flow from the sidewalk bump-outs out under the roadway. Connecting the soil cell system under the road to link the root space from the bump-outs on one side of the street to the other allowed for attainment of the soil volume necessary for the trees to reach maturity. However, this brought huge challenges due to the implications and structural requirements of the roadway. The only way to provide the uncompacted soil volume that the trees needed and still offer the load-bearing requirements dictated for the road construction, was with the use of GreenBlue Urban\u2019s soil cell system.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10822 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Main-Street-Markham-Cutaway-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eecf866 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eecf866\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"81996\" class=\"elementor elementor-81996\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7463b060 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7463b060\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11680da0\" data-id=\"11680da0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-256d0b40 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"256d0b40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Project<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e992ee4 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e992ee4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84b059d\" data-id=\"84b059d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-589aba4 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"589aba4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMain Street Markham\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bdb9229 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bdb9229\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85f67ec\" data-id=\"85f67ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-733f249 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"733f249\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Location<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78c3005 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78c3005\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3139c11\" data-id=\"3139c11\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5fffc2 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5fffc2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-330465f\" data-id=\"330465f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9014a4c elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9014a4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Contractor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60ab0907 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60ab0907\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73a4dffb\" data-id=\"73a4dffb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5da548 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5da548\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a864fb\" data-id=\"2a864fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5d27e9 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5d27e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Landscape Architect<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af54c98 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af54c98\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd1c1e3\" data-id=\"fd1c1e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15ab96c elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15ab96c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d392905\" data-id=\"d392905\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7334ccb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7334ccb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p>As a suburb city of the Greater Toronto Area, the City of Markham transformed the vehicle dominated Main Street of their downtown into something that better supported commercial and pedestrian activities.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b40e999 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b40e999\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a suburb city of the Greater Toronto Area, the City of Markham transformed the vehicle dominated Main Street of their downtown into something that better supported commercial and pedestrian activities. The strategy to accomplish this was the incorporation of healthy street trees to offer an inviting restoration to the streetscape and attract residents to the area\u2019s restaurants and shops.<\/p>\n<p>With existing traffic volumes warranting the widening of certain sections of the street to four lanes, the challenge was accomplishing this while still allowing for healthy street tree growth. The City\u2019s plan widened the previously two-lane road to either four traffic lanes or two traffic lanes with curbside parallel parking, while implementing bump-outs at the intersections that reduced traffic to two lanes to both slow traffic flow while also providing a shorter crosswalk distance for pedestrians. These bump-outs are where the trees are located.<\/p>\n<p>Engineered tree pits were used underneath the bump-out areas along both sides of the street. But in order to provide the required soil volume for the trees, the tree pit systems needed to flow from the sidewalk bump-outs out under the roadway. Connecting the soil cell system under the road to link the root space from the bump-outs on one side of the street to the other allowed for attainment of the soil volume necessary for the trees to reach maturity. However, this brought huge challenges due to the implications and structural requirements of the roadway. The only way to provide the uncompacted soil volume that the trees needed and still offer the load-bearing requirements dictated for the road construction, was with the use of GreenBlue Urban\u2019s soil cell system.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10822 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Main-Street-Markham-Cutaway-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9336f7\" data-id=\"e9336f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f40932 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f40932\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"81973\" class=\"elementor elementor-81973\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-119b98e elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"119b98e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad42adc\" data-id=\"ad42adc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adae226 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"adae226\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Project<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-208d80b\" data-id=\"208d80b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-639cbe4 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"639cbe4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMain Street Markham\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4c9136 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4c9136\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a50541\" data-id=\"1a50541\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68425f6 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68425f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Location<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4becdf2\" data-id=\"4becdf2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c177de9 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c177de9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-752f9ae\" data-id=\"752f9ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94cbca4 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94cbca4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Contractor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b64572b\" data-id=\"b64572b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27fbac2 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27fbac2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0986713\" data-id=\"0986713\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfc3d3c elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfc3d3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Landscape Architect<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb3079a\" data-id=\"bb3079a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-723228e elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"723228e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"81996\" class=\"elementor elementor-81996\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7463b060 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7463b060\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11680da0\" data-id=\"11680da0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-256d0b40 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"256d0b40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Project<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e992ee4 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e992ee4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84b059d\" data-id=\"84b059d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-589aba4 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"589aba4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMain Street Markham\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bdb9229 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bdb9229\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85f67ec\" data-id=\"85f67ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-733f249 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"733f249\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Location<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78c3005 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78c3005\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3139c11\" data-id=\"3139c11\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5fffc2 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5fffc2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-330465f\" data-id=\"330465f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9014a4c elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9014a4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Contractor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60ab0907 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60ab0907\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73a4dffb\" data-id=\"73a4dffb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5da548 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5da548\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a864fb\" data-id=\"2a864fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5d27e9 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5d27e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Landscape Architect<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af54c98 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af54c98\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd1c1e3\" data-id=\"fd1c1e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-617d700a elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"617d700a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6646b066\" data-id=\"6646b066\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-931a75e elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"931a75e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db5f345\" data-id=\"db5f345\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-385dfee elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"385dfee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tThe structural integrity of GreenBlue Urban's soil cells system to sustain heavy loads supported by solid technical evidence, coupled with a comprehensive range of components to suit each situation appealed to the City and drove us to choose GreenBlue Urban over the competitor.  \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Sally Campbell- Urban Designer from the City of Markham<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7742e72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7742e72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Visual showing the soil cells underneath the street connecting tree pits on both sides of the street to utilize the soil volume under the street as growing media for the trees.<\/p>\n<p>As a suburb city of the Greater Toronto Area, the City of Markham transformed the vehicle dominated Main Street of their downtown into something that better supported commercial and pedestrian activities. The strategy to accomplish this was the incorporation of healthy street trees to offer an inviting restoration to the streetscape and attract residents to the area\u2019s restaurants and shops.<\/p>\n<p>With existing traffic volumes warranting the widening of certain sections of the street to four lanes, the challenge was accomplishing this while still allowing for healthy street tree growth. The City\u2019s plan widened the previously two-lane road to either four traffic lanes or two traffic lanes with curbside parallel parking, while implementing bump-outs at the intersections that reduced traffic to two lanes to both slow traffic flow while also providing a shorter crosswalk distance for pedestrians. These bump-outs are where the trees are located.<\/p>\n<p>Engineered tree pits were used underneath the bump-out areas along both sides of the street. But in order to provide the required soil volume for the trees, the tree pit systems needed to flow from the sidewalk bump-outs out under the roadway. Connecting the soil cell system under the road to link the root space from the bump-outs on one side of the street to the other allowed for attainment of the soil volume necessary for the trees to reach maturity. However, this brought huge challenges due to the implications and structural requirements of the roadway. The only way to provide the uncompacted soil volume that the trees needed and still offer the load-bearing requirements dictated for the road construction, was with the use of GreenBlue Urban\u2019s soil cell system.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10822 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Main-Street-Markham-Cutaway-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" \/> Visual showing the soil cells underneath the street connecting tree pits on both sides of the street to utilize the soil volume under the street as growing media for the trees.<\/p>\n<p>RootSpace boasts the largest void space of any soil cell in the world while being H-20 vehicular rated with minimal surface. That\u2019s why it\u2019s been approved by engineers all around the world for use under vehicular trafficked areas. The high-strength capacity of the RootSpace system provides the structural strength needed to support maximum traffic loads, while giving the tree the soil volume necessary for healthy growth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9b7611 elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9b7611\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-459c40d\" data-id=\"459c40d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b2b398 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"4b2b398\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tThe structural integrity of GreenBlue Urban's soil cells system to sustain heavy loads supported by solid technical evidence, coupled with a comprehensive range of components to suit each situation appealed to the City and drove us to choose GreenBlue Urban over the competitor.  \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Sally Campbell- Urban Designer from the City of Markham<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-385c85c\" data-id=\"385c85c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c1ee3a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c1ee3a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Visual showing the soil cells underneath the street connecting tree pits on both sides of the street to utilize the soil volume under the street as growing media for the trees.<\/p>\n<p>As a suburb city of the Greater Toronto Area, the City of Markham transformed the vehicle dominated Main Street of their downtown into something that better supported commercial and pedestrian activities. The strategy to accomplish this was the incorporation of healthy street trees to offer an inviting restoration to the streetscape and attract residents to the area\u2019s restaurants and shops.<\/p>\n<p>With existing traffic volumes warranting the widening of certain sections of the street to four lanes, the challenge was accomplishing this while still allowing for healthy street tree growth. The City\u2019s plan widened the previously two-lane road to either four traffic lanes or two traffic lanes with curbside parallel parking, while implementing bump-outs at the intersections that reduced traffic to two lanes to both slow traffic flow while also providing a shorter crosswalk distance for pedestrians. These bump-outs are where the trees are located.<\/p>\n<p>Engineered tree pits were used underneath the bump-out areas along both sides of the street. But in order to provide the required soil volume for the trees, the tree pit systems needed to flow from the sidewalk bump-outs out under the roadway. Connecting the soil cell system under the road to link the root space from the bump-outs on one side of the street to the other allowed for attainment of the soil volume necessary for the trees to reach maturity. However, this brought huge challenges due to the implications and structural requirements of the roadway. The only way to provide the uncompacted soil volume that the trees needed and still offer the load-bearing requirements dictated for the road construction, was with the use of GreenBlue Urban\u2019s soil cell system.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10822 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Main-Street-Markham-Cutaway-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" \/> Visual showing the soil cells underneath the street connecting tree pits on both sides of the street to utilize the soil volume under the street as growing media for the trees.<\/p>\n<p>RootSpace boasts the largest void space of any soil cell in the world while being H-20 vehicular rated with minimal surface. That\u2019s why it\u2019s been approved by engineers all around the world for use under vehicular trafficked areas. The high-strength capacity of the RootSpace system provides the structural strength needed to support maximum traffic loads, while giving the tree the soil volume necessary for healthy growth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4661fa elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4661fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9998e54\" data-id=\"9998e54\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac9b903 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"ac9b903\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;columns&quot;:2,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_widescreen&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;3:2&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Main-Street-Markham-Markham-ON-04.jpg?wsr\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ac9b903\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Main Street Markham - 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Markham, ON 03\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzU2MzgsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ncmVlbmJsdWUuY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIwXC8wMlwvTWFpbi1TdHJlZXQtTWFya2hhbS1NYXJraGFtLU9OLTAzLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImFjOWI5MDMifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Main-Street-Markham-Markham-ON-03.jpg?wsr\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Main-Street-Markham-Markham-ON-02.jpg?wsr\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ac9b903\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Main Street Markham - Markham, ON 02\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzU2MzQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ncmVlbmJsdWUuY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIwXC8wMlwvTWFpbi1TdHJlZXQtTWFya2hhbS1NYXJraGFtLU9OLTAyLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImFjOWI5MDMifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Main-Street-Markham-Markham-ON-02.jpg?wsr\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50ee976 elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50ee976\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4dc34b\" data-id=\"e4dc34b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e02215c elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"e02215c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;columns&quot;:2,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_widescreen&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;3:2&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Main-Street-Markham-Markham-ON-04.jpg?wsr\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"e02215c\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Main Street Markham - Markham, ON 04\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzU2NDIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ncmVlbmJsdWUuY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIwXC8wMlwvTWFpbi1TdHJlZXQtTWFya2hhbS1NYXJraGFtLU9OLTA0LmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImUwMjIxNWMifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Main-Street-Markham-Markham-ON-04.jpg?wsr\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Main-Street-Markham-Markham-ON-01.jpg?wsr\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"e02215c\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Main Street Markham - Markham, ON 01\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzU2MzAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ncmVlbmJsdWUuY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIwXC8wMlwvTWFpbi1TdHJlZXQtTWFya2hhbS1NYXJraGFtLU9OLTAxLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImUwMjIxNWMifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Main-Street-Markham-Markham-ON-01.jpg?wsr\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Main-Street-Markham-Markham-ON-03.jpg?wsr\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"e02215c\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Main Street Markham - Markham, ON 03\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzU2MzgsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ncmVlbmJsdWUuY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIwXC8wMlwvTWFpbi1TdHJlZXQtTWFya2hhbS1NYXJraGFtLU9OLTAzLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImUwMjIxNWMifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Main-Street-Markham-Markham-ON-03.jpg?wsr\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Main-Street-Markham-Markham-ON-02.jpg?wsr\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"e02215c\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Main Street Markham - Markham, ON 02\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzU2MzQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ncmVlbmJsdWUuY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIwXC8wMlwvTWFpbi1TdHJlZXQtTWFya2hhbS1NYXJraGFtLU9OLTAyLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImUwMjIxNWMifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Main-Street-Markham-Markham-ON-02.jpg?wsr\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e67172d elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e67172d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-791d44c\" data-id=\"791d44c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb9f144 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb9f144\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The use of GreenBlue Urban\u2019s soil cell system under the road and across the street linked the tree pits on both sides of the street to maximize available soil and allow trees on both sides of the street to exploit higher soil volumes. \u201cThe structural integrity of GreenBlue Urban\u2019s soil cells system to sustain heavy loads supported by solid technical evidence, coupled with a comprehensive range of components to suit each situation appealed to the City and drove us to choose GreenBlue Urban over the competitor,\u201d explained Sally Campbell, an Urban Designer from the City of Markham that worked on the project back in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Foong, the Project Manager, commented that they decided on the GreenBlue Urban ArborSystem because it offered a complete system, including soil cells, root management, irrigation\/aeration, and tree grates \u2013 while with other soil cell systems, they would still need to source all the ancillary items elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Cities like Markham that understand the benefits that healthy trees offer and have put a value on proper urban tree planting, know that trees to sustain their growth potential and provide the most benefit, they need as much root space as possible. Meaning that the anticipated reality that the available area for tree root space below sidewalks would be crowded with above and belowground utilities and infrastructure, doesn\u2019t deter them from finding a solution. There is almost always a way to provide sufficient soil volume, in even the harshest urban settings, in order to achieve the desired results. \u201cHaving explored alternative methods of achieving the necessary soil volume, including an in-house tree pit design, as well as other options,\u201d Campbell explained, \u201cwe saw the benefit and simplicity of the GreenBlue Urban system and opted for it\u2019s use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>RootSpace boasts the largest void space of any soil cell in the world while being H-20 vehicular rated with minimal surface. That\u2019s why it\u2019s been approved by engineers all around the world for use under vehicular trafficked areas. The high-strength capacity of the RootSpace system provides the structural strength needed to support maximum traffic loads, while giving the tree the soil volume necessary for healthy growth.<\/p>\n<p>The use of GreenBlue Urban\u2019s soil cell system under the road and across the street linked the tree pits on both sides of the street to maximize available soil and allow trees on both sides of the street to exploit higher soil volumes. \u201cThe structural integrity of GreenBlue Urban\u2019s soil cells system to sustain heavy loads supported by solid technical evidence, coupled with a comprehensive range of components to suit each situation appealed to the City and drove us to choose GreenBlue Urban over the competitor,\u201d explained Sally Campbell, an Urban Designer from the City of Markham that worked on the project back in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Foong, the Project Manager, commented that they decided on the GreenBlue Urban ArborSystem because it offered a complete system, including soil cells, root management, irrigation\/aeration, and tree grates \u2013 while with other soil cell systems, they would still need to source all the ancillary items elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Cities like Markham that understand the benefits that healthy trees offer and have put a value on proper urban tree planting, know that trees to sustain their growth potential and provide the most benefit, they need as much root space as possible. Meaning that the anticipated reality that the available area for tree root space below sidewalks would be crowded with above and belowground utilities and infrastructure, doesn\u2019t deter them from finding a solution. There is almost always a way to provide sufficient soil volume, in even the harshest urban settings, in order to achieve the desired results. \u201cHaving explored alternative methods of achieving the necessary soil volume, including an in-house tree pit design, as well as other options,\u201d Campbell explained, \u201cwe saw the benefit and simplicity of the GreenBlue Urban system and opted for it\u2019s use.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ba657a elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ba657a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f20303b\" data-id=\"f20303b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a45c028 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a45c028\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The use of GreenBlue Urban\u2019s soil cell system under the road and across the street linked the tree pits on both sides of the street to maximize available soil and allow trees on both sides of the street to exploit higher soil volumes. \u201cThe structural integrity of GreenBlue Urban\u2019s soil cells system to sustain heavy loads supported by solid technical evidence, coupled with a comprehensive range of components to suit each situation appealed to the City and drove us to choose GreenBlue Urban over the competitor,\u201d explained Sally Campbell, an Urban Designer from the City of Markham that worked on the project back in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Foong, the Project Manager, commented that they decided on the GreenBlue Urban ArborSystem because it offered a complete system, including soil cells, root management, irrigation\/aeration, and tree grates \u2013 while with other soil cell systems, they would still need to source all the ancillary items elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Cities like Markham that understand the benefits that healthy trees offer and have put a value on proper urban tree planting, know that trees to sustain their growth potential and provide the most benefit, they need as much root space as possible. Meaning that the anticipated reality that the available area for tree root space below sidewalks would be crowded with above and belowground utilities and infrastructure, doesn\u2019t deter them from finding a solution. There is almost always a way to provide sufficient soil volume, in even the harshest urban settings, in order to achieve the desired results. \u201cHaving explored alternative methods of achieving the necessary soil volume, including an in-house tree pit design, as well as other options,\u201d Campbell explained, \u201cwe saw the benefit and simplicity of the GreenBlue Urban system and opted for it\u2019s use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>RootSpace boasts the largest void space of any soil cell in the world while being H-20 vehicular rated with minimal surface. That\u2019s why it\u2019s been approved by engineers all around the world for use under vehicular trafficked areas. The high-strength capacity of the RootSpace system provides the structural strength needed to support maximum traffic loads, while giving the tree the soil volume necessary for healthy growth.<\/p>\n<p>The use of GreenBlue Urban\u2019s soil cell system under the road and across the street linked the tree pits on both sides of the street to maximize available soil and allow trees on both sides of the street to exploit higher soil volumes. \u201cThe structural integrity of GreenBlue Urban\u2019s soil cells system to sustain heavy loads supported by solid technical evidence, coupled with a comprehensive range of components to suit each situation appealed to the City and drove us to choose GreenBlue Urban over the competitor,\u201d explained Sally Campbell, an Urban Designer from the City of Markham that worked on the project back in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Foong, the Project Manager, commented that they decided on the GreenBlue Urban ArborSystem because it offered a complete system, including soil cells, root management, irrigation\/aeration, and tree grates \u2013 while with other soil cell systems, they would still need to source all the ancillary items elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Cities like Markham that understand the benefits that healthy trees offer and have put a value on proper urban tree planting, know that trees to sustain their growth potential and provide the most benefit, they need as much root space as possible. Meaning that the anticipated reality that the available area for tree root space below sidewalks would be crowded with above and belowground utilities and infrastructure, doesn\u2019t deter them from finding a solution. There is almost always a way to provide sufficient soil volume, in even the harshest urban settings, in order to achieve the desired results. \u201cHaving explored alternative methods of achieving the necessary soil volume, including an in-house tree pit design, as well as other options,\u201d Campbell explained, \u201cwe saw the benefit and simplicity of the GreenBlue Urban system and opted for it\u2019s use.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34e57d0\" data-id=\"34e57d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78e7134 elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78e7134\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d86940\" data-id=\"0d86940\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7960cb6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7960cb6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed4fabc\" data-id=\"ed4fabc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e932c8e elementor-align-right elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e932c8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/gb\/case-studies\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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src=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Western-Road-Brighton-2-scaled-e1771949374223-1024x550.jpg?wsr\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-153767\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Western-Road-Brighton-2-scaled-e1771949374223-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Western-Road-Brighton-2-scaled-e1771949374223-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Western-Road-Brighton-2-scaled-e1771949374223-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Western-Road-Brighton-2-scaled-e1771949374223-1536x824.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Western-Road-Brighton-2-scaled-e1771949374223-2048x1099.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/greenblue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Western-Road-Brighton-2-scaled-e1771949374223-600x322.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" 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