In 2019, Harris County Flood Control District completed a multi-million-dollar maintenance project to selectively clear trees, remove vegetative debris and improve stormwater flow along Cedar Bayou from Interstate Highway 10 to near
Huffman-Eastgate Road.
This relatively rural bayou forms the eastern boundary of Harris County with Chambers and Liberty counties. The Flood Control District has conducted selective clearing over the last few years along forested tributaries of Cedar Bayou within Harris County and recently completed a post-Hurricane Harvey debris removal effort which – on Cedar Bayou – focused mainly on removing channel debris near major bridge crossings. This new effort involved a comprehensive selective clearing of the main Cedar Bayou channel itself.
A $500,000 first phase of the project from IH-10 to just south of the Liberty/Chambers County line was completed in late 2018. This phase included nearly 8 miles of Cedar Bayou and was funded through the Flood Control District’s annual operations and maintenance budget.
A 14.5-mile second phase of the selective clearing project, from near the Liberty/Chambers county line to the Huffman/Eastgate area, was completed in 2019. The second phase was estimated to cost approximately $1 million, for a total project cost estimated at approximately $1.5 million.