Just six months into his new job, he has wasted no time in applying that expertise to Montgomery County. Gray, who comes from the oil-and-gas industry, has a background in managing large maintenance/construction projects. New Montgomery County Precinct 4 Commissioner Matt Gray addressed a breakfast meeting of the Kingwood Executive Group today. Posted by Bob Rehak on and updated on 7/26/23 I’m meeting with the engineers and contractors tomorrow to learn more. The TIRZ docs for the eastern portion of the project (Russell-Palmer to Diversion Ditch, Woodland Hills and beyond) are less comprehensive. It shows a 32-month construction schedule for the western portion alone – even with a six day work week. And this presentation provides a project overview for the pre–bid conference for the western portion of the project. Here is the engineering company’s drainage impact analysis. I’ve seen cars plunge to the bottom, emergency rescues, and stalled vehicles. Having worked near Northpark for 22 years, I’ve seen the ditch overflow on multiple occasions. I sure hope they don’t back water up into the street. The pipes shown above would definitely act as restrictors. It states, “The proposed improvement includes enlarging the proposed storm sewer system to provide inline detention and modeling the restrictors needed to meet allowable outflow requirements for both outfalls.” Then I read this letter from Harris County Flood Control to the engineering company. Google Earth shows width of v-shaped ditch is 50 feet. The first thing that popped into my mind when I looked at the size of the culvert and the size of the ditch was that the culvert could not possibly convey all the water that the ditch used to. The Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority (TIRZ 10) website contains a number of videos and construction docs that detail the ultimate vision for the project as well as next steps. But Deleon emphasized that the public should have two lanes of traffic in both directions at all times. In coming days, we should see additional activity on other portions of Northpark Drive. So they’re approaching drainage first and starting at the downstream end – a best practice. But not all the right-of-way and utility issues have been resolved. However, Ralph Deleon, a TIRZ engineer/project manager indicated that contractors are taking pieces of the phases out of order. But instead of taking land and parking from merchants, the project partners plan to replace the center ditch with culvert then pave over it.Įarly plans indicated that the area between US59 and Russell-Palmer would be Phase One and that Russell-Palmer to the Diversion Ditch and eventually beyond Woodland Hills would follow. In general, the project partners plan to widen Northpark by a lane in each direction (toward the middle). Looking E to Kingwood and City Limit (Green sign). They have also begun excavating the Northpark center ditch. Looking SE across Northpark from Fireworks Stand parking lot to Flowers of Kingwood. Looking west toward Russell-Palmer RoadĬontractors have also stacked what looks like six-foot reinforced-concrete pipe on the edge of the Northpark Drive ditch where it enters the Kingwood Diversion Ditch. Traffic cones line the center ditch between Russell-Palmer and the Kingwood Diversion Ditch. Cones and Culvert Line Northpark Center Ditch
Northpark is a vital evacuation route for tens of thousands of Kingwood and Porter residents during floods. Note: This story was updated on 7/26/23 to include more information about phasing of the Northpark Drive expansion project.Īfter what turned out to be a ceremonial groundbreaking on 4/13/23, the Northpark Drive expansion project appears to have started in earnest on.
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