Government
BY HANNAH BROL
A nearly $30 million ood mitigation project in Kingwood is moving forward following actions taken by Harris County and city of Houston ocials. Harris County commissioners awarded a nearly $29.39 million project to Brice Construction & Design LLC during a business court meeting March 31. During an April 7 meeting, Houston City Council approved the transfer of a $10 million Texas Water Development Board grant that the city received for the same project to the Harris County Flood Control District via an interlocal agreement. The Taylor Gully Channel Conveyance Improvements and Woodridge Stormwater Detention Basin project aims to reduce the risk of ooding in Kingwood through a combination of channel conveyance improvements and a stormwater detention basin, per the HCFCD website. Kingwood-area flood project moves forward
About the project
Project site
Taylor Gully Channel Conveyance Improvements Woodridge Stormwater Detention Basin 1 Compartment 1 2 Compartment 2
A stormwater detention basin will be con- structed on a 267-acre site within the former Woodridge neighborhood development, which is located near Woodland Hills Drive and Northpark Drive in Montgomery County, per the HCFCD website. The land is jointly owned by the city of Houston and HCFCD. Upon completion, the two-compartment, wet-bottom detention basin will be able to provide a combined 1,127 acre-feet of stormwater storage. Channel conveyance improvements are also planned for Taylor Gully, which runs through the Elm Grove, Mills Branch, North Kingwood Forest and Woodstream Village subdivisions. Per the HCFCD website, the improvements will start upstream at the Montgomery-Harris county line and end downstream near Maple Bend Drive.
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SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTCOMMUNITY IMPACT
What’s next
Construction on Phase 1 is expected to begin soon, Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey said via Facebook on April 8. He added the county is also working on the design of the Kingwood Diversion channel, for which construction funds have already been secured. “I’m very proud to see this project moving into construction, and bringing critical ood improvements to Kingwood,” Ramsey said in an emailed statement to Community Impact . “Precinct 3 remains focused on reducing ood risk for the area and providing much-needed relief to its residents.”
Phase 1 includes the channel conveyance improvements and Compartment 1 of the stormwater detention basin; Phase 2 will include Compartment 2 and is dependent upon funding. Houston City Council member Fred Flickinger said the project site is located on land that was poised for development and cleared, but purchased by the county and city before construction began. “This is much needed ood mitigation in the Kingwood area,” Flickinger said during the April 7 meeting. “This is going to go a long way and actually improve the situation of those people.”
Construction funding
$12.64M: Community Development Block Grant- Mitigation funds $10M: Texas Water Development Board grant $6.75M: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant $29.39M: Total
NOTE: DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR PROJECT COSTS OUTSIDE OF CONSTRUCTION. SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTCOMMUNITY IMPACT
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