Federal Flood Damage Reduction Project

Federal Flood Damage Reduction Project
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION 

The recently-completed Sims Bayou Federal Flood Damage Reduction Project is a partnership project between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) and the Harris County Flood Control District. The Corps is the lead agency for this project, which included 19.3 miles of bayou enlargements and environmental enhancements along Sims Bayou from the Houston Ship Channel to Croquet Lane, just west of South Post Oak Road and the replacement or modification of 22 bridges that cross Sims Bayou. In addition, the federal project was supplemented by the construction of three stormwater detention basins on Sims Bayou – these basins were excavated using local funds. 

As the local sponsor, the Flood Control District was responsible for property acquisition, utility relocation, and the modification/replacement of the bridges, which were designed to minimize obstruction to the flow of stormwater in Sims Bayou.