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Inwood Forest Stormwater Detention Basin Project / Inwood Recreation Project

https://houstonparksboard.org/inwood-recreation-project/


https://www.hcfcd.org/Activity/Active-Projects/White-Oak-Bayou/C-59-Inwood-Forest-Stormwater-Detention-Basin-Project


On the northwest side of town, a similar project is underway to convert the former Inwood Golf Course into a series of 12 detention basins designed to mitigate flooding in an area that has traditionally had issues with it. When complete, the basins should hold about 390 million gallons of water, and it will also include a series of greenways and trails.



https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/a...hwest-houston/

Construction to start soon on Inwood Forest flood-mitigation project in Northwest Houston

Federal hazard mitigation funding is being used to convert an old golf course into 12 interconnected detention basins, which are expected to reduce flooding risks for more than 4,400 nearby residential and commercial structures.

ADAM ZUVANICH |
POSTED ON APRIL 3, 2023, 3:44 PM
(LAST UPDATED: APRIL 3, 2023, 4:56 PM)

City of Houston officials have long wanted to use a former golf course property to help mitigate flooding in a part of town often inundated by stormwater.

More than a decade after the city purchased that land, its vision is finally coming to fruition.

Construction for the Inwood Forest Stormwater Detention Basin Project, a series of 12 interconnected basins in Northwest Houston, is expected to start later this spring, according to Stephen Costello, the chief recovery officer for Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. The $80 million initiative uses federal funding and is a joint effort between the city and Harris County Flood Control District, with county commissioners approving a construction contract for the work at their March 14 meeting.

Turner said during a ceremonial groundbreaking last week that the project – which will have enough storage capacity for about 1,200 acre-feet of stormwater, or more than 391 million gallons – will reduce flooding risks for more than 4,400 residential and commercial structures along the White Oak Bayou and Vogel Creek watersheds.

"This is going to be a game-changer for the entire Inwood area when it comes to flood mitigation," said Houston City Council member Amy Peck, who represents the area. "Before this project, even just a little amount of rain really caused people to have flooding in their homes. Once it's done, it's going to (hold) enough water to fill the entire Astrodome."

Costello said the Inwood Forest project is one of four in Houston to receive hazard mitigation grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) since Hurricane Harvey brought widespread flooding to the region in 2017, and the first among those initiatives to move toward construction. The other three projects will add new gates to the Lake Houston Dam, create a subterranean detention basin in the Memorial City area and divert some White Oak Bayou channels around parts of downtown, according to Costello.