In mid-May, representatives from city-wide and nearby neighborhood groups toured Buffalo Bayou Park. Consultant Guy Hagstette and the Flood Control District’s Sandra Musgrove and Long Nguyen helped familiarize attendees with the District’s upcoming channel restoration and BBP’s park improvements. The tour focused on park areas east of Taft where the majority of BBP’s construction will… Read more »

BBP began a planting test that builds upon Harris County Flood Control District’s work upstream of the Sabine Street Bridge in late 2011. HCFCD tested a technique for removal of silt, invasive vines and various trees along this 1,000-foot stretch, but unfortunately last summer’s drought interrupted plans to re-vegetate the channel’s edge. BBP is now… Read more »

It is no surprise to those of you who use Buffalo Bayou Park that construction has already begun. Last fall, Lone Star Construction, which has a contract with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), began rebuilding the 4.6-mile Sandy Reed Memorial Trail using designs overseen by the City of Houston. Considerable progress has been made…. Read more »