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Construction of Arthur Storey Park Stormwater Detention Basin More Than 90 Percent Complete
December 22, 2005
Construction on the Arthur Storey Park Stormwater Detention Basin is more than 90 percent complete. It can currently store 2,832 acre-feet of stormwater. When complete, its storage capacity will be 3,540 acre-feet - just less than the capacity of 2.5 Reliant Astrodomes.
Construction is currently in the 10th of 11 construction phases on this project. Phase 10 is expected to be completed in August 2006. It consists of completing the excavation of the basin, specifically some acreage recently acquired by the District adjacent to a Home Depot. The cost of phase 10 is just less than $10 million.
Phase 11 includes the final grading of the site, planting of vegetation and trees and further increasing the basin's capacity by altering an adjacent tributary. The cost of phase 11 is just less than $3 million. The District expects to seek bids for phase 11 in February 2006, and construction to begin in May 2006.
The estimated cost for the entire stormwater detention basin is $49 million.
Project Brays is One of The Largest Projects In District History
The Arthur Storey Park Stormwater Detention Basin is one of four basins being excavated by the District as part of the Brays Bayou Flood Damage Reduction Project (Project Brays). Project Brays is a partnership between the District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with the District taking the lead on the project. The project includes 21 miles of channel widening and deepening, four stormwater detention basins (Arthur Storey Park, Willow Waterhole, Old Westheimer Rd. and Eldridge) and the replacement or modification of 32 bridges. The channel modifications begin at the Houston Ship Channel and end near Highway 6.
The cost of Project Brays is an estimated $450 million, and the anticipated completion date is 2014.
The project's goal is to contain the 1% (100-year) floodplain within the bayou's banks, removing it from tens of thousands of structures (homes and businesses).
Status of Other Project Brays Activity
All four stormwater detention basins are currently undergoing excavation. In addition, the District is preparing to widen the channel from its mouth near the Houston Ship Channel upstream to Lawndale Street. The District also is completing construction of the Freshwater Tidal Marsh Project at Mason Park as a pilot program involving several other entities including the Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, the City of Houston and two local schools.
> Learn more about Project Brays
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