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Houston Parks and Recreation Department Hazardous Tree Removal Survey – Deadline May 26, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 15, 2023
Contact: Jessica Beemer
(832) 393-3008
districte@houstontx.gov

HPARD Hazardous Tree Removal Survey

HOUSTON – Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin would like to make District E residents aware that Houston Parks and Recreation Department is working on a grant proposal to secure federal funding for a Hazard Tree Removal Program. The proposed program would involve working with homeowners to identify and remove dead trees and overgrown limbs within their yard, at no cost to the homeowner. Homeowners would also be eligible for replacement trees.This Hazardous Tree Removal Survey is intended to help them determine how many homeowners would be interested in a program like this. HPARD is asking for everyone to share this survey with your neighbors and let them know if a Hazard Tree Removal Program is something your community wants.The survey is currently open for your submission and will remain open through May 26, 2023. For any questions, please contact AskParks@houstontx.gov and click here to take the online survey.
Mayor Pro Tem Dav He Martin City of Houston | 900 Bagby, Houston, TX 77002
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Any Interest in an Annual Garage Sale?

The Lake Houston Community Association Board has received a request to consider The Enclave having an annual garage sale, similar to other neighborhoods within Kingwood. The Board would like to gather input from homeowners as a part of their review of this request.

Please Respond By Monday, May 22

Please provide your response by completing the below, online form.

The Board appreciates your participation.

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Northpark Drive Overpass Project Begins This Week

Construction date projected for roughly $76.2M Kingwood mobility project

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin joined officials from the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority, also known as Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 10, at an April 13 groundbreaking ceremony for the Northpark Drive overpass project in Kingwood. (Wesley Gardner/Community Impact)

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin joined officials from the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority, also known as Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 10, at an April 13 groundbreaking ceremony for the Northpark Drive overpass project in Kingwood. (Wesley Gardner/Community Impact)

Construction on the Northpark Drive overpass project in Kingwood is projected to begin April 23 following an April 13 groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited project that was first proposed in 2015.

Project details: According to officials with the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority, also known as Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 10, the roughly $76.2 million project will:

  • Expand Northpark Drive from four to six lanes between Hwy. 59 and Russell Palmer Road;
  • Add an overpass over the Union Pacific Corp. railroad tracks and Loop 494; and
  • Create an additional evacuation route in and out of Kingwood.

Quote of note: “The cost [of the Northpark Drive overpass project] has escalated tremendously, not only because of the materials, but because of what happened during Hurricane Harvey,” Houston Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin said. “[Kingwood] became an island. We couldn’t get people out. We couldn’t get Red Cross in here, so one of the things that [Mayor Sylvester Turner] charged us with doing was build a new evacuation road. The Northpark Drive overpass project will provide a tremendous amount of safety.”

Project benefits: Once completed, LHRA officials said the Northpark Drive overpass project will:

  • Decrease traffic delays and travel time;
  • Elevate Northpark Drive over the 500-year floodplain;
  • Increase drainage capacity; and
  • Include the installation of amenity ponds near Hwy. 59, landscaping improvements, corridor lighting and pedestrian sidewalks.

Project background: The Northpark Drive overpass project was first proposed following the completion of the 2015 Kingwood Area Mobility Study. According to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s 2022 Most Congested Roadways in Texas report, Northpark Drive from Sorters McClellan Road to Mills Branch Drive ranked as the 114th most-congested roadway in the state.

The project was initially projected to cost around $52 million, but officials said inflation and supply-chain issues have driven up the cost. Officials noted the city of Houston is contributing roughly $9.5 million toward the project, with TIRZ 10 picking up the remainder of the bill.

By Wesley Gardner

1:39 PM Apr 13, 2023 CDT
Updated 1:39 PM Apr 13, 2023 CDT

Reporter, Lake Houston-Humble-Kingwood

Wesley joined Community Impact in May 2021 after graduating from St. Edwards University with a degree in mass communication in 2012. He covers education, local government, transportation, real estate development and nonprofits in the Lake Houston-Humble-Kingwood area. Prior to joining CI, Wesley served as the editor of the Lockhart Post Register and as a reporter for the Bastrop Advertiser and Fort Bend Herald.