depave

verb

1. (transitive)To undo the act of paving; to remove pavement (especially if it is in the form of asphalt, concrete or the like) so as to restore the land to a more natural state.

   “Environmental programs: Depaving; auto free city centers; closure of roads...”

   “Hand out a bonus for building on wasted brownfields and depaving asphalt ones; penalize building on greenfields.”

   “Then the town depaved part of a city street and closed another to cars.”

   “They depaved their driveway to grow food, and they are proud to own no car, TV or refrigerator”

   “The city has a requirement to provide off-street parking.... UA Homes had real difficulty persuading City Hall to allow us to depave about six places for a garden.”