j_cuevas713 Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Well they need to hurry the hell up before it floods again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouTXRanger Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Looks like we might hear more about this soon: https://twitter.com/salliealcorn/status/1291405418577764353?s=20 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Huge 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Watch the presentation to the Transportation Technology and Infrastructure Committee. Lots of information about the North Canal project. A few highlights: Detailed hydraulics studies have not been done yet, but preliminary analysis shows that it will not have significant impacts downstream (modeling shows the bayou staying in its banks). The project includes: 1) The North Canal 2) Bridge and channel work upstream of the North Canal; The decks of the Yale & Heights bridges will be physically raised. The bridges will not be demolished. Channel improvements under I-10 west of downtown (just to the west of Studemont). 3) In-line detention channel downstream, connected with the detention basins that will be added by the NHHIP. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 8/8/2020 at 5:31 PM, Houston19514 said: Watch the presentation to the Transportation Technology and Infrastructure Committee. Lots of information about the North Canal project. A few highlights: Detailed hydraulics studies have not been done yet, but preliminary analysis shows that it will not have significant impacts downstream (modeling shows the bayou staying in its banks). The project includes: 1) The North Canal 2) Bridge and channel work upstream of the North Canal; The decks of the Yale & Heights bridges will be physically raised. The bridges will not be demolished. Channel improvements under I-10 west of downtown (just to the west of Studemont). 3) In-line detention channel downstream, connected with the detention basins that will be added by the NHHIP. Does "in-line detention channel" mean that they will dig the channel deeper within the bayou? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 20 minutes ago, H-Town Man said: Does "in-line detention channel" mean that they will dig the channel deeper within the bayou? I think it is a new canal, the South Canal. This was in the original BBP master plan, I believe, but I thought the concept had been abandoned. Apparently it is back, perhaps in a slightly different mode (more as flood control, less as an amenity). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) Not specifically North Canal related but in the neighborhood. Work has started on extending Buffalo Bayou trails eastward, from Allen’s Landing to McKee. Edited September 3, 2020 by tigereye 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 From BBP Website: “The trail will begin at Allen’s Landing Park and continue east under the Fannin Street Bridge, transverse up the slope along Commerce Street before passing under the San Jacinto Bridge to the Wilson Building on Commerce Street. The trail will continue through the second basement level of the Wilson Building and under the Harris County Sheriff’s Inmate Processing Center.“ https://buffalobayou.org/construction-begins-on-key-buffalo-bayou-trail-connection/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texan Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Phase 1 (preliminary design) Design was approved at the city council meeting this week. This should finish in 10 months. With Phase 2 (final design and real estate acquisition) Design finishing in 2 years. https://houston.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=22421&MeetingID=484 https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/environment/2021/05/20/houston-oks-11-million-contract-for-north-canal-project-design/ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Either they take out the parking lot or the pump station that UHD seemingly still uses on San Jacinto St. west side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 On 5/21/2021 at 6:58 PM, hindesky said: Either they take out the parking lot or the pump station that UHD seemingly still uses on San Jacinto St. west side. They better not touch the pump station. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) https://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/cro-fema-grants/northcanal-2021january.pdf Edited September 9, 2021 by hindesky 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 I'm thrilled to see this progress, but astounded that it will take until the end of 2027. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 It looks like a larger project than just the canal cutting through the bus barn. That could be done in 6 months if they cut the red tape and start digging. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.33 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 (edited) Pretty detailed map graphic on page 43 of a recent Metro Capital and Strategic Planning Meeting Packet. The North Canal Project will cut through a bus storage yard, so that is why Metro was covering it. https://ridemetro.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=5&clip_id=2192 Edited September 18, 2021 by Justin Welling 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapo2367 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Interesting that this map still shows the current highway layout, I would have thought they would have incorporated the NHHIP alignment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I’m curious what properties will be destroyed aside from the bus barn. Last time I heard the lofts across the street were also going to be demolished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 1 hour ago, j_cuevas713 said: I’m curious what properties will be destroyed aside from the bus barn. Last time I heard the lofts across the street were also going to be demolished. Yeah, the Lone Star Lofts are directly in the path. It looks like the Lone Start Lofts, the adjacent (attached) building, and the Metro building are the only buildings slated to be demolished for this project. Sorry to lose them, but we need this. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 On Sept. 24th I saw a contractor creating an access road on the north bank of White Oak Bayou. First thing that came to mind was the North Canal project. Nobody was onsite to talk to then but today I talked to the supervisor and he said this was to increase the amount of riprap in the bend under IH 10. I still think this will help with the canal project from ripping out the bend in the bayou. They were creating a bridge so they could access the south bank too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 This contractor is hard at work, they have a lay down area just past the UH build with their trailers and lots of the rip rap to fill in the bend. They also close off the trail while their equipment is traveling down the Bike path. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted April 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2022 https://www.engagehouston.org/northcanal Current project status. The City of Houston selected the design consultant, HDR, Engineering, Inc, and issued a Notice to Proceed for City of Houston Phase I Preliminary Design. The preliminary engineering phase will conduct various studies and perform analysis to then produce a recommended project. Final Design will then follow, finalizing design elements and producing final construction drawings, necessary permits, and addressing preparation for real estate acquisition and or easements. Design will start Summer 2021 and complete Summer 2023. Construction will be from Spring 2024 to Winter 2027. 9 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Judging by the railroad bridge in the rendering, I wonder if they've given up on the idea of relocating the railroad tracks? Though that was probably going to be done in conjunction with the IH-45 project, and if that is being delayed indefinitely, we may never get the relocated railroad tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 On 4/2/2022 at 1:49 AM, Urbannizer said: https://www.engagehouston.org/northcanal That looks... boring. A number of cities have rehabbed the streams running through their city centers in recent years. Houston can do better than this. Here's Seoul's recently rehabbed urban canal: Kyoto: Chicago: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Piggybacking off of @editor they have a blueprint in town: go through bray bayou just past UH and mimic what it looks like before the city trims the sunflowers/folliage. Its managed chaos, its beautiful, and peaceful. Its immediate mental relaxation. I kind of agree with editor, put in some of the natural bayou/gulf coast prairie-type greenery in first, and build around that like in that last Seoul picture. We don't need the social stairs yet, just a great path and organic places to chill, some great natural plants, and then add to it as it gets busy. Grateful for the vision, and that this may happen, but there are potentially better ways to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 we don't need any of that, we just need a ditch to divert some water to try to keep it out of some of the downtown area. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big E Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 6 hours ago, editor said: That looks... boring. A number of cities have rehabbed the streams running through their city centers in recent years. Houston can do better than this. Here's Seoul's recently rehabbed urban canal: Kyoto: Chicago: Tumbleweed is right. This isn't meant to be something on the level of what you are proposing. The first and foremost point of this project is flood prevention and water diversion. Everything else is secondary. This canal isn't even that long; hardly worth that much effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 The initial design is to show what the canal will look like but that doesn't mean it won't evolve over time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 9 hours ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said: we don't need any of that, we just need a ditch to divert some water to try to keep it out of some of the downtown area. Yes, actually, we do need it. Parks improve our quality of life and this city is desperate for some nice places. BBP functions as both so why would this just be a ditch? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big E Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 55 minutes ago, Montrose1100 said: Yes, actually, we do need it. Parks improve our quality of life and this city is desperate for some nice places. BBP functions as both so why would this just be a ditch? Who wants to go to a park surrounded by warehouses, freeways, and prisons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Big E said: Who wants to go to a park surrounded by warehouses, freeways, and prisons? Buffalo Bayou Park is a 10 min walk from here, the east river project would be a 15 min walk. I didn't think anyone would question a park location......thats in downtown? There's numerous residential buildings, a big university, POST, multiple restaurants nearby. The warehouses are temporary, we've seen a lot being repurposed lately, especially in the area. Freeways?? Memorial park, Buffalo Bayou Park, Discovery green... aren't most parks off a freeway? If anything, I feel like this could be Houston's next big park. The prison is a valid point BUT its not like they have play time and can go outside 😂 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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