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Houston undertaking $131M downtown flood mitigation project
HOUSTON – The city is planning a $131 million flood control project to develop a diversion channel and expand conveyance capacity in the downtown area.
The project includes construction of an approximately 200-ft-wide high-flow channel with a 60-ft-wide wet pilot channel, concrete retaining walls, and terracing.
Improvements include a paved maintenance and shared-use path, vegetated slopes, railroad bridge, and a roadway bridge.
Additional work includes utility adjustments, street reconstruction, trail connectivity improvements, and installation of vertical anchored walls in the Yale-Heights area.
Scope also includes removal of an abandoned rail bridge and channel modifications.
Construction is expected to begin in summer 2027.
