 |
|
 |
Current News |
|
|
|
|
|
2012 News Archive
|
|
|
|
|
December 17, 2012
November 26, 2012
October 30, 2012
October 25, 2012
September 20, 2012
September 17, 2012
August 16, 2012
August 1, 2012
July 14, 2012
July 9, 2012
June 25, 2012
May 29, 2012
May 24, 2012
May 15, 2012
May 14, 2012
May 10, 2012
April 19, 2012
April 19, 2012
April 9, 2012
April 9, 2012
March 15, 2012
March 8, 2012
February 29, 2012
February 16, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
2011 News Archive |
|
|
|
November 28, 2011
November 03, 2011
October 25, 2011
September 28, 2011
September 02, 2011
September 01, 2011
August 30, 2011
August 23, 2011
August 12, 2011
August 08, 2011
July 01, 2011
June 20, 2011
June 17, 2011
May 26, 2011
May 25, 2011
May 23, 2011
May 19, 2011
May 9, 2011
April 18, 2011
April 6, 2011
March 30, 2011
February 14, 2011
February 2, 2011
|
|
|
|
|
2010 News Archive |
|
|
|
December 15, 2010
December 15, 2010
October 18, 2010
October 11, 2010
October 06, 2010
October 4, 2010
October 4, 2010
October 4, 2010
October 4, 2010
July 27, 2010
July 21, 2010
July 8, 2010
July 1, 2010
July 1, 2010
July 1, 2010
June 30, 2010
June 3, 2010
February 11, 2010
February 8, 2010
February 1, 2010
January 27, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
2009 News Archive |
|
|
|
November 25, 2009
November 24, 2009
September 30, 2009
September 18, 2009
August 26, 2009
July 21, 2009
July 8, 2009
June 30, 2009
June 22, 2009
June 18, 2009
June 3, 2009
April 24, 2009
April 1, 2009
March 27, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
2008 News Archive |
|
|
|
December 8, 2008
September 18, 2008
July 2, 2008
May 29, 2008
April 16, 2008
March 31, 2008
March 25, 2008
March 21, 2008
March 3, 2008
February 13, 2008
February 8, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
2007 News Archive |
|
|
|
|
2006 News Archive |
|
|
|
|
2005 News Archive |
|
December 22, 2005
December 21, 2005
December 15, 2005
December 14, 2005
December 9, 2005
October 20, 2005
October 17, 2005
September 21, 2005
August 2, 2005
July 26, 2005
June 29, 2005
May 27, 2005
May 20, 2005
April 21, 2005
February 8, 2005
February 7, 2005
|
|
|
|
2004 News Archive |
|
|
|
|
2003 News Archive |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Construction of Arthur Storey Park Stormwater Detention Basin More Than 90 Percent Complete
December 22, 2005
Construction on the Arthur Storey Park Stormwater Detention Basin is more than 90 percent complete. It can currently store 2,832 acre-feet of stormwater. When complete, its storage capacity will be 3,540 acre-feet - just less than the capacity of 2.5 Reliant Astrodomes.
Construction is currently in the 10th of 11 construction phases on this project. Phase 10 is expected to be completed in August 2006. It consists of completing the excavation of the basin, specifically some acreage recently acquired by the District adjacent to a Home Depot. The cost of phase 10 is just less than $10 million.
Phase 11 includes the final grading of the site, planting of vegetation and trees and further increasing the basin's capacity by altering an adjacent tributary. The cost of phase 11 is just less than $3 million. The District expects to seek bids for phase 11 in February 2006, and construction to begin in May 2006.
The estimated cost for the entire stormwater detention basin is $49 million.
Project Brays is One of The Largest Projects In District History
The Arthur Storey Park Stormwater Detention Basin is one of four basins being excavated by the District as part of the Brays Bayou Flood Damage Reduction Project (Project Brays). Project Brays is a partnership between the District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with the District taking the lead on the project. The project includes 21 miles of channel widening and deepening, four stormwater detention basins (Arthur Storey Park, Willow Waterhole, Old Westheimer Rd. and Eldridge) and the replacement or modification of 32 bridges. The channel modifications begin at the Houston Ship Channel and end near Highway 6.
The cost of Project Brays is an estimated $450 million, and the anticipated completion date is 2014.
The project's goal is to contain the 1% (100-year) floodplain within the bayou's banks, removing it from tens of thousands of structures (homes and businesses).
Status of Other Project Brays Activity
All four stormwater detention basins are currently undergoing excavation. In addition, the District is preparing to widen the channel from its mouth near the Houston Ship Channel upstream to Lawndale Street. The District also is completing construction of the Freshwater Tidal Marsh Project at Mason Park as a pilot program involving several other entities including the Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, the City of Houston and two local schools.
> Learn more about Project Brays
|
|
|
