Image Gallery from the developemnt > Infrastructure (14)
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Finished road
The finished road with electric lines installed, grasses and shrubs growing nicely and water runoff well managed
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Road development
The roads follow existing pathways in the pasture. No forest has been touched during the whole project
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Upper road
The road along to Lots #1, #2, and #3 passes through old banana plants
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Erosion control
Where road construction required cutting into the hill, we quickly planted grasses, grown in the lower portion of the farm, to bind the soil strongly before the rains could start erosion.
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Road past bananas
This shows the road, looking toward the upper lots, with the bananas and newly-planted grasses on the side keeping it organized
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Road to Lot #4
The closer view of the road leading up to Lot #4 shows how the grass and rain channels are well designed to minimize erosion and lead the water away in a controlled manner
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Road construction
One part of the road was slightly narrow, so was reinforced with multiple rock-filled steel netting cages
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Road construction
Once delivered by truck, all the rocks were loaded by hand into the cages
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Water tank
The water association, from which we get the water, has a large, new tank on the upper part of the farm which feeds the supply tank situated just outside the entrance gate to the project.
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Underground pipes
Underground pipes are already installed to run electric lines to the upper lots #1 and #2 which minimizes the impact overground wires would have on the beautiful views
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Entrance
Other than hacking through dense forest, this is the only entrance to the lots, providing plenty of privacy, security and peace of mind
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Forest lookout
One of the trails leads to this lookout viewing point deep in the forest in the middle of the nature reserve
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Boundary marker
Each lot is well marked with concrete boundary posts
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Project from facing hill
The farm is in the lower left section of the photo, hardly visible even with all the work going on at the same time. After one year, the impact is even less visible as grasses and shrubs have grown up. This also shows how the project is situated in a densely-forested part of the coastal region.