Highrise Tower Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 https://www.hcfcd.org/Find-Your-Watershed/Brays-Bayou/Z-02-Stormwater-Detention-on-City-of-Houston-Right-of-Way-at-South-Braeswood-Boulevard-and-West-610-Loop The stormwater detention basin project at South Braeswood Boulevard and West 610 Loop is nearing the final stages of construction. During this stage, the Flood Control District is removing trees in order to add 12 million gallons of additional storage to protect the area during periods of heavy rainfall. Trees also had to be removed along the esplanades of South Braeswood Boulevard to install a new drainage pipe that will transfer overflow stormwater between the area neighborhoods and the new basins. The Flood Control District has made every effort to save or transfer as many existing trees as possible during this project. A significant tree planting effort will follow after construction has concluded which will include the planting of various sized trees to more quickly re-establish the forested canopy. However, the trees removed along the esplanades will not be replaced due to the placement of the new drainage infrastructure. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 This has broken ground!! I'm sure all those apartments across the street are very happy. HCFCD D500-11-00-E001 Meyergrove Detention Basin. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 This is really cool! I also saw on TLDR this week that where is a trail system for the Meyergrove detention center. It's going to be park land with trails? I thought it was just a sunken hole to fill with excess flood water. Pictures from today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 32 minutes ago, Highrise Tower said: It's going to be park land with trails? I thought it was just a sunken hole to fill with excess flood water. It's common in places out west that suffer from flash floods to build public parks into detention basins. Here are two examples from Las Vegas: In both you can see the openings of the underground flood diversion tunnels. Las Vegas has a huge network of flood tunnels that not only handle flash floods, but also catch the trees, mud and boulders that precede them: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Houston19514 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 19 hours ago, editor said: It's common in places out west that suffer from flash floods to build public parks into detention basins. Here are two examples from Las Vegas: In both you can see the openings of the underground flood diversion tunnels. Las Vegas has a huge network of flood tunnels that not only handle flash floods, but also catch the trees, mud and boulders that precede them: It's perhaps even more common here in Houston. https://www.willowwaterhole.org/ https://www.explorationgreen.org/ https://www.engagehouston.org/inwood-forest-regional-detention And there are more... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 On 3/25/2024 at 1:11 PM, Houston19514 said: It's perhaps even more common here in Houston. https://www.willowwaterhole.org/ https://www.explorationgreen.org/ https://www.engagehouston.org/inwood-forest-regional-detention And there are more... I just noticed today that UH/D did it next to its new building: The Apple Maps image makes it look like a detention basin, but going by on the train today I could see that it's athletic fields. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 52 minutes ago, editor said: I just noticed today that UH/D did it next to its new building: The Apple Maps image makes it look like a detention basin, but going by on the train today I could see that it's athletic fields. It looks like it's actually both a detention basin and athletic fields. That's much like the Timbergrove Sports Association fields off of East TC Jester/ The fields sit a couple of feet below the surrounding area https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7968899,-95.4219177,295m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 3 minutes ago, Ross said: It looks like it's actually both a detention basin and athletic fields Yeah, sorry for not being clear. That's the point I was trying to make. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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