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16 hours ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said:

that mound looks like it's about 10% of the dirt needs for this project

It definitely doesnt look like its enough for the whole thing, but I bet its more than 10%.  It looks like there are a fairly good amount of embankment dirt being built up on the site, just because the reconstruction of Memorial Dr even way beyond where the hills begin look like its several feet lower than the current roadway/original elevation.

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this project already had me excited but after reading about all the little animals being safer now that makes me extra happy haha! 🦝🐇🐿️🦔🦨🦄🐤🦢🦎🐍🐸🐌🐛🐞🐒🦗

(yes that little menagerie took hours to post if not minutes...you're welcome 🤪 )

On 12/12/2020 at 3:24 PM, zaphod said:

I wonder if the tunnel will have lighting inside of it

i would say most definitely...safety reasons for one!

 

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did they finally put in the middle portion of each tunnel? in my head they are leaving the middle for last to keep sufficient light in the tunnels while working before placing the middle portion...

as of sunday on my FIVE hour bike ride (  🤪 ) the middle portions were still missing to connect the tunnels (ps...yes i am sunburned)

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2 hours ago, gene said:

did they finally put in the middle portion of each tunnel? in my head they are leaving the middle for last to keep sufficient light in the tunnels while working before placing the middle portion...

as of sunday on my FIVE hour bike ride (  🤪 ) the middle portions were still missing to connect the tunnels (ps...yes i am sunburned)

Unsure what you mean. The middle portion will remain open to allow what I think is a small creek in between the two hills? That is indeed a question. Either way, all the renderings show it as being open.

 

When it comes to animals, glad they get this land bridge too. I see my armadillo buddy there late at night when I go running. Unsure if it's the same one but I always see him right next to the track near Memorial and am always worried he's going to go into the street. Joggers surprisingly walk right past him sometimes and don't even notice he is there. I still remember laughing so hard when a group of young women didn't notice him there and they all literally jumped in the air screaming right when he was next to their feet. 🤣

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OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In my head i was picturing it to be just one tunnel but yeah i just scrolled up to the top here to say oh yeah! it is a 2 part tunnel!!! doh! sorry for the confusion and thanks for clearing that up! Now we just need the flared opening on each end then i guess? 

 

and haha in the picnic loop there is a little baby armadillo that i catch playing near the side of the road periodically! i have never seen it's parents so maybe you can ask your buddy if they have a missing child!!!  🤪

 

 

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From Reddit: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNG39Nqp8kv/

The second picture really shows how huge this is going to be. Immediately will jump towards the top of "if you're in Houston, you must go see/do X" type lists. If the Eastern glades is any indication (its awesome), I have no doubt this is going to be spectacular. The views alone will make it worth it.

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16 minutes ago, gene said:

Yes great photos! 

so between those 2 bridges that is a deep dig going on...so that is going to be water with a bridge(s) over it then? 

 

Just from looking at the Master Plan, I'm pretty sure that is not the case.  

Maybe the digging is for drainage?

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The people standing in that pic gives it great perspective. Also, I thought for something of this size it would take years, but they are MOVING. If the endcaps are already on site as they said on reddit, the slowdown in traffic must be helping this along, right?

A person working on the project on reddit said they've already brought in the end caps and someone else mentioned "Yeah our company installed the arches we finished the longer sections last week so it’s these two that are 280’ long and I think the longer sections are 420’ long"

I checked memorial's page about this, I didn't see actual mention of the length of the tunnels, but that is massive. Just short of the length of two football fields. And yeah, that digging is for the creek that @Tritonmentioned: land06.jpg

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12 hours ago, jmitch94 said:

One reason it’s going so fast is that the Kinders gave a $70 million donation specifically to speed up the development.  

hopefully the people who get worked super hard at Kinder Morgan can sleep better at night knowing their hard work is helping the Kinder's philanthropize. 

not to be taken the wrong way, I'm glad they're giving to the community, but I've known too many people that work for KM and the message from them is always pretty consistent about the culture there. I always try to remember that when I see them giving so much.

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