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Activity  ⁄  Active Projects  ⁄  Cypress Creek  ⁄  CI-012 Major Maintenance of Cypress Creek and Tributaries

CI-012 Major Maintenance of Cypress Creek and Tributaries

CI-012 Major Maintenance of Cypress Creek and Tributaries
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Maintenance & Storm Repairs - Cypress Creek Watershed
Extreme Rainfall Event Swales
F-20 Cypress Creek Right-of-Way Acquisition and Floodplain Preservation
Champions Stormwater Detention Basin K500-24-00
F-21 Major Maintenance on Cypress Creek Tributary K129-00-00
F-22 Restore Channel Conveyance Capacity on Pillot Gully
F-23 Cypress Creek Tributary K163-00-00 Conveyance Improvements
F-24 Katy Hockley Wetlands Mitigation Bank, K700-01-00
F-56 Detention and Retention Upper Cypress and Addicks
F-88 Stormwater Detention Basins in Large Buyout Areas
F-88 Westador Stormwater Detention Basin K500-27-00
CI-012 Major Maintenance of Cypress Creek and Tributaries
CI-020 Investigation of potential stormwater detention sites near Cypress Creek and Stuebner Airline Road
CI-035 Texas Water Development Board Regional Drainage Plan
CI-36 Investigation of Potential Benefits of Expanding Cypress Park Stormwater Detention Basin K500-01-00
Cypress Creek Overflow Management Plan
Stormwater Detention Basin along Faulkey Gully, Cypress Creek Tributary K142-00-00
T.C. Jester Stormwater Detention Basin K500-23-00
Cypress Creek Watershed Implementation Program
Z-02 Inverness Forest Levee
Mercer Stormwater Detention Basin K500-21-00
Repairs to Tributary K117-00-00
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Recent Actions

Batch 1 project sites were under construction as of June 7, 2021.

May 11, 2021 - Harris County Commissioners Court authorized bidding for construction of Batch 2 sites.

April 27, 2021 - Harris County Commissioners Court has approved the award of a $13,430,031 contract to perform Batch 1 sediment removal and structural repairs.

February 9, 2021 - Harris County Commissioners Court approved advertisement for removal of sediment and structural repairs in support of this project.

December 1, 2020 - Harris County Commissioners authorized to reject bids and reschedule the bidding for this project.

October 13, 2020 – Harris County Commissioners Court approved $389,860, with a $299,898 partial encumbrance, for materials engineering and testing services in support of this project.

September 18, 2020 – Construction bidding opens on Batch 1 of this project. Bids due October 19.

August 25, 2020 – Harris County Commissioners Court authorized the Flood Control District to negotiate an agreement for materials engineering and testing services in support of this project.

June 6, 2020 – Harris County Commissioners Court approved a $2,000,000 agreement for construction engineering and inspection services in support of this project.

January 28, 2020 - Harris County Commissioners Court authorized negotiations with an engineering firm for construction phase engineering services in support of this project

May 14, 2019 – Harris County Commissioners Court approved a $5.82 million agreement with an engineering firm to provide engineering services in support of the current project in Harris County Precinct 4.


March 26, 2019 – Harris County Commissioners Court authorized negotiations with an engineering firm to conduct design, bidding and construction stage engineering services in support of the current project in Harris County Precinct 4.

August 28, 2018 – Harris County Commissioners Court authorized and initiated this project.

Project Description

Bond Project CI-012 involves major maintenance along Cypress Creek and its tributaries to restore channel conveyance capacity. It may include right-of-way acquisition, design and construction along tributaries.

This project will be constructed in 6-8 batches of multiple individual project sites in need of repair. Each batch will be separately designed and put out for construction bidding. Batches 3 and 4 are expected to include major maintenance at multiple sites on Cypress Creek itself. Please check this webpage as the project sites for each subsequent batch are identified and mapped.

Funding from the 2018 HCFCD Bond Program allows the Flood Control District to accelerate and complete several major maintenance projects that may have been deferred in the past due to funding limits. Maintenance projects may involve repairing bank erosion, replacing failed outfall pipes, and removing sediment, among other tasks. The goal is to repair and restore the channel to its original condition so that it can effectively convey stormwater. Maintenance projects do not involve widening or deepening a channel.

Estimated Timeline for Cypress Creek Watershed Major Maintenance

Batch 1

Major Maintenance in the
Cypress Creek watershed

Batch 2

Major Maintenance in the 
Cypress Creek watershed
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Stage

This project involves multiple batches of project sites, each on its own timeline. Batch 1 project sites were under CONSTRUCTION as of June 7, 2021.

Bond Project Listing

Bond Project CI-012 is categorized as a “Community Input” bond project. It was suggested during the Community Engagement Meeting for Cypress Creek that proceeded the August 2018 Bond Election. The Bond Project List includes a total allocation for all stages and phases of this project of $60 million.

Bond Listing

List of 2018 Bond Projects

The Harris County Flood Control District has a significant number of flood damage reduction projects occurring all over Harris County as part of its on-going Capital Improvement Program (CIP), Operations and Maintenance, and the 2018 Bond Program. Click the Project ID on the Map to learn about projects’ details. Some early-stage projects are not highlighted on the map. The map will be updated when projects advance or when more information becomes available.

Project Lifecycle

Every flood damage reduction project is unique. Yet each project begins and ends, with common and predictable milestones along the way. Whether a project moves forward – and how quickly – depends on many factors, including the availability of funding at each milestone, shifting community priorities for flood damage reduction, and other changing circumstances (such as the price of trees or concrete) from year to year.

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING 

Two Community Engagement Meetings for this project were held October 21, 2019, at Klein High School Cafeteria,16715 Stuebner Airline Road, and October 24, 2019, at Houston's First Baptist Church, 11011 Mason Road.

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