Harris County Flood Control District announced Thursday it has identified $74 million in priority repairs in county bayous, creeks and other drainage infrastructure, some of which are detailed on an
interactive map it launched in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
HCFCD reported it is reviewing more than 4,200 reported instances of sinkholes, slope failures, erosion and other issues in need of repair.
HCFCD has completed emergency repairs at the following locations:
Inverness Forest levee in the Cypress Creek watershed
Cypress Creek near Cypresswood Drive
Brays Bayou near Lawndale Street
White Oak Bayou, near West 43rd Street, West 34th Street and Wynnwood Lane
Lower Greens Bayou Stormwater Detention Basin in the Greens Bayou watershed
South Richey Stormwater Detention Basin in the Sims Bayou watershed
Horsepen Creek, near Trailside Drive in the Addicks Reservoir watershed
Big Island Slough, near North P Street in the Armand Bayou watershed
Horsepen Creek, near Huffmeister Road
Horsepen Creek, near West Road in the Addicks Reservoir watershed
Horsepen Creek, downstream of Sunny Ridge Drive in the Addicks Reservoir watershed
HCFFD has begun emergency repairs at the following locations:
Buffalo Bayou, south slope near Briar Forest Drive and Gessner Road
Bering Ditch, concrete panel repair
Brays Bayou, Calhoun Road
South Mayde Creek, upstream of Greenhouse Road
Dinner Creek, at Barker Cypress Road.
The cost of repairs is expected to be greater than $100 million, according to a news release from HCFCD.
Additional projects identified by HCFCD not already in progress will be submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for reimbursement.
HCFCD officials said repair work will take several months to complete.
“We ask for the public’s patience as we work our way through this process, focusing on the most severe damages first,” HCFCD Executive Director Russ Poppe said. “Our goal is to restore our drainage system to pre-Harvey conditions as quickly as possible.”