Navy Pier Redevelopment Project Serves as Model of Sustainability Using Green Infrastructure

The Illinois Coastal Management Program and Navy Pier, Inc collaborated to redevelop Chicago’s Navy Pier with green infrastructure projects. These projects aimed to reduce runoff, flooding, and pollution. The project planted trees in planters designed specifically for this project to retain and filter stormwater, or redirect it for future use. These new planted trees, the novel 77 “tree tubs”, and 43,000 square feet of permeable pavement are able to filter 2.3 million gallons of water per year. This will reduce the amount of nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment that flows into Lake Michigan and the Chicago River.