DITCH REPAIRS, BRIDGE REPLACEMENT TO CLOSE STRETCH OF SAN FELIPE FOR NEXT 2 WEEKS 
San Felipe St. near Mid Ln. and the Loop is going to be out of commission for about 2 weeks, according to the Harris County Flood Control District: After tonight’s rush hour subsides, workers will move in to remove concrete from the sides of the eroding and underperforming drainage ditch, shown here, and install closed culverts. And that means the 50-year-old bridge on San Felipe will need to be demolished and replaced. The area to be closed is near the new Liberty Kitchen spot and the luxury apartments under construction on Briar Hollow Ln. [HCFCD; previously on Swamplot] Photo: HCFCD
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this will give pedistrains/ mountain bikers a trail to get to memorial park without venturing out to 610 access road. I used to ride my bike along this RR track from richmond to memorial park, glad to see then covering the ditch
Actually, the culverts are done and the ditch is now entirely covered. The San Felipe bridge is the last little piece of the project. On the plus side, it will be much easier to get in/out of my place just east of the tracks. :)
@Benny, you still will not be able to get to Memorial Park, since there’s a fence on this ROW at the end of Briar Hollow Lane. You’ll still have to ride/walk along the tracks for about a half-mile, and it’s pretty damn narrow. I don’t have the stones to walk along there!
Can they fill my ditch too?
How is it that I live in a ‘prestigious’ (well at least when you look at what homes are being sold for) neighborhood, and yet there are open ditches, overhead utility lines, and no contiguous sidewalks?
“How is it that I live in a ‘prestigious’ (well at least when you look at what homes are being sold for) neighborhood, and yet there are open ditches, overhead utility lines, and no contiguous sidewalks?”
Because the City of Houston takes and takes and takes and never gives back. And they would not dare implement any requirements that would cost any developer any money.