Commercial Grading & Swales in Old Lyme, CT

Drainage Pro of CT provides commercial site grading corrections and swale construction for properties throughout Old Lyme, CT. We are drainage specialists, not landscapers, and we approach every Old Lyme commercial grading project with a specific drainage outcome in mind from the first assessment to the final grade.

Commercial Grading & Swales for Old Lyme, CT Properties

Commercial site grading conditions in Old Lyme reflect the character of the town's different commercial zones, and the grading approach needed on each type of commercial property is shaped by which zone it sits in.

The Halls Road commercial corridor sits on relatively flat terrain where the primary grading challenge for commercial properties is the same flat terrain problem that affects the residential lots south of the corridor: no natural drainage direction exists, and establishing positive drainage away from commercial buildings and toward catch basin inlets or designed discharge outlets requires deliberately established grade that the flat natural terrain does not supply. Commercial grading on Halls Road properties needs an integrated discharge plan from the assessment stage, because redirected surface water on these flat lots needs a planned outlet to go to.

In the Exit 70 and 71 light industrial zone on Hatchetts Hill Road and Vista Drive, the terrain is more varied than the flat coastal commercial zones, and commercial grading here deals with directional drainage problems on sites where the natural terrain may direct runoff toward buildings or create low zones in pavement areas that accumulate water during rain events. Grading corrections on these Old Lyme industrial properties address directional drainage issues and route surface water toward designed catch basin and drainage infrastructure rather than toward building perimeters and loading areas.

Along Route 156 and in the Sound View Village District, commercial grading on the flat coastal lots must account for the proximity to regulated coastal and estuarine resources in ways that inland commercial grading does not. The stormwater quality requirements applicable to commercial sites near Old Lyme's Connecticut River estuary and Long Island Sound shoreline mean that grading corrections and swale design here must route surface water to designed management infrastructure rather than allowing it to discharge without treatment toward the town's sensitive coastal receiving waters.

In the Boston Post Road corridor adjacent to the Lyme Street Historic District, commercial grading corrections need to achieve drainage outcomes while respecting the aesthetic character of a historically significant streetscape. Earthwork in this context requires careful attention to how the finished grade integrates with the historic landscape character of this part of Old Lyme, and the Old Lyme Historic District Commission has jurisdiction over exterior work in this corridor.

Commercial Grading and Swale Solutions We Install in Old Lyme

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If surface water is draining toward your Old Lyme commercial building instead of away from it, pooling in parking areas, or creating drainage conditions that affect operations and trigger regulatory concerns near the town's regulated coastal and inland resources, we are ready to come out and assess the site grading conditions. We will give you a clear and honest plan with itemized pricing before any work begins. No pressure. No guessing. Just commercial grading and swales in Old Lyme, CT designed for your specific site and regulatory context.