With natural springs on one side and a busy roadway on the other, this VERSA-LOK wall can handle it all. Coulee Road in Hudson, WI, has a steep hillside along its north side. Natural springs created beautiful ice sculptures in the winter, but the water also ran down the hill to the roadway, making for slick freeze/thaw conditions in the winter on the sidewalk and road. The city needed a solid solution along this busy thoroughfare to control the runoff as well as hold up against roadway spray in the winter. That’s why a combination of the VERSA-LOK Square Foot retaining wall system and poured structural concrete was chosen for the solution. Square Foot units are strong enough to help stabilize slopes while resisting corrosion from road deicers. Paired with structural concrete, which has no fines, this VERSA-LOK Square Foot solution eliminates the need for geogrid, protects the hillside and sidewalk, and better controls spring water runoff. And it looks great, too.
