Contractors with the city of Houston are approaching the completion date on the second phase of a project that will improve paving and drainage in areas near Houston’s Woodshire neighborhood and the Townhouse Manor subdivision.
The city of Houston first sent out a notice to proceed to contractors in August 2020 with seven phases of construction planned between summer 2020 and late 2021. Once completed, improvements will include better storm drainage in addition to new concrete streets, curbs, sidewalks, driveways, streetlights, and water and wastewater lines.
The purpose of the project is to reduce flooding in the area, according to the city of Houston Public Works Department. To help achieve this, over 9,500 linear feet of storm sewer lines and 762 linear feet of sanitary sewer lines will be replaced.
The city contractor, SER Construction Partners, is removing 43 trees from the section of the neighborhood and replacing 29 of them, according to a project breakdown. Before SER began construction, the city of Houston identified those trees in the neighborhood that were diseased or dying, and marked them for removal, while also identifying those that would be able to be preserved.
