Comments on: Headlines: Grand Parkway Office Sprawl, Inner Loop Bike Sharing http://swamplot.com/headlines-grand-parkway-office-sprawl-inner-loop-bike-sharing/2012-08-01/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:00:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chris Litherland http://swamplot.com/headlines-grand-parkway-office-sprawl-inner-loop-bike-sharing/2012-08-01/#comment-266509 Chris Litherland Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:08:38 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=44966#comment-266509 Im glad they finally have another ferry boat in Galveston. The last two times Ive gone down there Ive wanted to go over to Bolivar but give up as the ferry line sometimes is three hours longer or more. Im glad they finally have another ferry boat in Galveston. The last two times Ive gone down there Ive wanted to go over to Bolivar but give up as the ferry line sometimes is three hours longer or more.

]]> By: NW Houston RE http://swamplot.com/headlines-grand-parkway-office-sprawl-inner-loop-bike-sharing/2012-08-01/#comment-266345 NW Houston RE Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:15:16 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=44966#comment-266345 @Spoonman -- Yes, the proposal for the Grand Parkway has it very close to here, and 290 really isn't that far away. The area is growing rapidly. @Spoonman — Yes, the proposal for the Grand Parkway has it very close to here, and 290 really isn’t that far away. The area is growing rapidly.

]]> By: Jeff http://swamplot.com/headlines-grand-parkway-office-sprawl-inner-loop-bike-sharing/2012-08-01/#comment-266207 Jeff Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:55:05 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=44966#comment-266207 For a wetland mitigation plan to be approved by the Corps, it typically requires post-construction inpsections to confirm that the areas do, in fact, support wetlands. Any ascertation that the wetland mitigation fails 90% of the time would be examples of developers violating the terms of the Corps permit conditions and simply not getting caught. For a wetland mitigation plan to be approved by the Corps, it typically requires post-construction inpsections to confirm that the areas do, in fact, support wetlands. Any ascertation that the wetland mitigation fails 90% of the time would be examples of developers violating the terms of the Corps permit conditions and simply not getting caught.

]]> By: Cody http://swamplot.com/headlines-grand-parkway-office-sprawl-inner-loop-bike-sharing/2012-08-01/#comment-266194 Cody Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:59:21 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=44966#comment-266194 <b>Old School</b>: Re your comment in #6. I don't disagree at all, however I'm very curious how you know that to be true? What do you do in your day to day that makes you so familiar with a topic like "wetland mitigation" . Again, not questioning if your correct (since that's not stuff I know about), it's just a curious aside. Old School: Re your comment in #6. I don’t disagree at all, however I’m very curious how you know that to be true? What do you do in your day to day that makes you so familiar with a topic like “wetland mitigation”
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Again, not questioning if your correct (since that’s not stuff I know about), it’s just a curious aside.

]]> By: Old School http://swamplot.com/headlines-grand-parkway-office-sprawl-inner-loop-bike-sharing/2012-08-01/#comment-266182 Old School Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:17:00 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=44966#comment-266182 A lake is not wetland mitigation, especially when it is going to be deep enough for boat traffic. Lakes do not support the same flora and fauna of a wetland. But wetland mitigation is easy. They will just have some drainage ditches that lead into the lakes classified as wetlands. With wetlands mitigation, you just have to try. 90% of wetlands mitigation fails to actually create real wetlands. A lake is not wetland mitigation, especially when it is going to be deep enough for boat traffic. Lakes do not support the same flora and fauna of a wetland. But wetland mitigation is easy. They will just have some drainage ditches that lead into the lakes classified as wetlands. With wetlands mitigation, you just have to try. 90% of wetlands mitigation fails to actually create real wetlands.

]]> By: kjb434 http://swamplot.com/headlines-grand-parkway-office-sprawl-inner-loop-bike-sharing/2012-08-01/#comment-266153 kjb434 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:02:12 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=44966#comment-266153 Stating the Obivous, You are mostly right. It also doesn't mean the community is flood prone to flooding. This particular site in question has been toyed around by land developers for years with no one going the next step to develop it. Glad to see someone tackling it. The biggest problem with this particular site is not a large flood plain, but a patchwork of areas that "could" be classified as wetlands. Wetlands sounds like a nature preserve, but in this case it just means an area will palms and catails grow. Making all these areas into Lakes takes care of the wetlands issue. It's a similar issue with developing Bridgelands (except they had a little more floodplain). Stating the Obivous,

You are mostly right.

It also doesn’t mean the community is flood prone to flooding.

This particular site in question has been toyed around by land developers for years with no one going the next step to develop it. Glad to see someone tackling it.

The biggest problem with this particular site is not a large flood plain, but a patchwork of areas that “could” be classified as wetlands. Wetlands sounds like a nature preserve, but in this case it just means an area will palms and catails grow. Making all these areas into Lakes takes care of the wetlands issue. It’s a similar issue with developing Bridgelands (except they had a little more floodplain).

]]> By: Spoonman. http://swamplot.com/headlines-grand-parkway-office-sprawl-inner-loop-bike-sharing/2012-08-01/#comment-266151 Spoonman. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:53:53 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=44966#comment-266151 Who is going to build an office building in a subdivision far away from any freeways? Or is the Grand Parkway going to be nearby? Who is going to build an office building in a subdivision far away from any freeways? Or is the Grand Parkway going to be nearby?

]]> By: Old School http://swamplot.com/headlines-grand-parkway-office-sprawl-inner-loop-bike-sharing/2012-08-01/#comment-266147 Old School Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:45:13 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=44966#comment-266147 The Cypress development is not in the floodplain. There is floodplain to the north and south, but the development is not in either. The developers are required to put in drainage detention for the increased impervious cover and have smartly made one large water feature to accomplish this rather than a bunch of disconnected ponds. The Cypress development is not in the floodplain. There is floodplain to the north and south, but the development is not in either. The developers are required to put in drainage detention for the increased impervious cover and have smartly made one large water feature to accomplish this rather than a bunch of disconnected ponds.

]]> By: Superdave http://swamplot.com/headlines-grand-parkway-office-sprawl-inner-loop-bike-sharing/2012-08-01/#comment-266144 Superdave Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:29:47 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=44966#comment-266144 I lived near Las Colinas, TX for while and enjoyed the thoroughly vacant and abandoned "boat to work" community that became a standard suburban office park once the boating amenity flopped. I lived near Las Colinas, TX for while and enjoyed the thoroughly vacant and abandoned “boat to work” community that became a standard suburban office park once the boating amenity flopped.

]]> By: Stating the Obvious http://swamplot.com/headlines-grand-parkway-office-sprawl-inner-loop-bike-sharing/2012-08-01/#comment-266130 Stating the Obvious Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:47:43 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=44966#comment-266130 I've found that with the Houston elevation and creeks in the burbs, generally speaking, if it has Creek, Lakes, Water, or Springs in the naming, it means that it is in someway built in a floodplane. I'm betting the Aquamunity in Cypress is just the extreme of this situation. I’ve found that with the Houston elevation and creeks in the burbs, generally speaking, if it has Creek, Lakes, Water, or Springs in the naming, it means that it is in someway built in a floodplane. I’m betting the Aquamunity in Cypress is just the extreme of this situation.

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