For those of you who have crossed Buffalo Bayou at the Beltway lately, you have probably noticed two giant spoils (dirt) piles on the east side north of the bayou. Has anyone heard any details about what is going on here.
From what I have gathered so far the plan is for a six-story residential development named Ascension on the Bayou. The builder is Rampart Construction.
Here is where it gets interesting. I am pretty sure most of the lot is directly in the flood plain especially now given how much they have cut into the side of the embankment. On top of that it looks like the location was once a low lying area but was built up through the dumping of debris from various flood control projects along the bayou. A look at historic arial photography supports this assumption.
