ENVIRONMENT BRIEFS
Flood control district breaks ground on 2 Cypress Creekwatershed projects
Newly unveiled trail segment connects four Spring-area recreation parks
MAKING CONNECTIONS A recently completed trail segment will now connect four local parks as part of the Cypress Creek Hike and Bike Trail System.
BY HANNAH ZEDAKER
BY WESLEY GARDNER
County MUD 249 and Harris County WCID 110 each own adjacent basins with a shared maintenance beam. The project will remove the beam to obtain additional volume in a combined detention basin. Upon completion, the combined basin will have an additional capac- ity of 12.2-acre feet, or 3.9 million gallons, of stormwater. stored upon completion of Project 2. SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER completion of Project 1. 12.2 acre-feet , or 3.9 million gallons of additional stormwater, will be able to be CREATING CAPACITY The Harris County Flood Control District recently broke ground on two Spring-area projects. 37 acre-feet , or 12 million gallons of stormwater, will be able to be stored upon
Harris County Flood Control District ocials broke ground March 10 on two projects in the Cypress Creek watershed. The rst project will construct a stormwater detention basin on a 6.81-acre site located north of Cypresswood Drive between I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road. According to a March 7 news release, the HCFCD contributed $777,000 toward the project with Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 249 funding $775,000. Upon completion, the basin will be able to hold 37 acre-feet, or 12 million gallons, of stormwater. The second project, located a quarter of a mile north of the rst project, is a partnership among the HCFCD, Harris County MUD 249 and Harris County Water Control & Improvement District No. 110. According to the release, Harris
A dedication ceremony for the nal trail connecting Herman Little Park to three nearby parks was hosted March 25. The new trail is a part of the Timber Lane Utility District’s expansion of the Cypress Creek Hike and Bike Trail System. The TLUD—which provides water, sewer, law enforcement and park services to 10 subdivisions in north Harris County—has funded roughly $1.65 million of the $6.8 million spent on hike-and-bike trail projects since March 2017 linking Herman Little Park to Cypress Creek Park, Timber Lane Park and Mercer Botanic Gar- dens. The remainder of the project is being funded through Harris County, Texas Parks & Wildlife and federal grants. According to TLUD Board Member Bud Gessel, the nal connector will link Herman Little Park to Cypress Creek Park with a trail passing
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beneath the Hardy Toll Road. “This is an integral part of the east section of the Cypress Creek Greenway,” Gessel said in a state- ment. “These projects have shown that park areas can increase the property values of our neighbor- hoods and improve the health of our entire community by allowing our residents to be more active.”
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