Halls Bayou Reforestation & Greenway Development

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https://www.hcfcd.org/Activity/Active-Projects/Halls-Bayou

Greenway Parks: https://houstonparksboard.org/halls-bayou/

Bayou Greenways Interactive Map of the current and future parks: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=5532d390fb234779b0b9286744d85a2f&extent=-10618522.9613,3478467.0073,-10587948.15,3492359.4372,102100

There have been ongoing efforts to reduce flooding along Halls Bayou in recent years. There was a piece in the Chronicle from February highlighting the planting of nearly 600 trees and 200 native plants along a stretch of the Greenway to help mitigate those risks.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/home-design/article/new-trees-for-halls-bayou-reforestation-17770148.php

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Can we do this to White Oak or Brays Bayou next? I know it would be harder because those bayous are concrete-lined.

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https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2023/08/23/460346/halls-bayou-watershed-will-get-18-million-in-state-funds-to-build-a-massive-stormwater-detention-basin/

"The $18 million in state funding will help to secure an additional $10.4 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in order to build what will be called the Hahl North Stormwater Detention Basin.

 

When finished, the basin will be able to hold about 182 million gallons, according to Harris County Flood Control District Director Tina Petersen. "If you were to put that in context, you could think about it as filling about half of the Astrodome," Petersen said.

The county will build the basin on land currently occupied by more than two dozen homes already slated for buyouts due to repeated flooding. The project has a conservative completion date of 2029."