Anyone know what this big pipeline is going to be used for? It looks to cross under HWY 30 and curve around and go under Fitch as well? I've asked the workers a few times what it was for and the answer has always been "it's a pipeline"....
Which they should be prepared for since they announce when they begin to release water from Lake Limestoneoklaunion said:
Around 2 weeks ago, after a large rain up the Navasota's watershed, I went to Huntsville and saw the workers just off of Fitch, down in the river bottom, running a couple of excavators out to the ditch line on those wooden platforms. The appeared ready to work.
Upon returning less than 3 hours later, the excavators were sitting in water and most of the platforms had floated several yards downstream and appeared hung up on trees and brush. That river came up quickly.
The whole jobsite is an SWPPP nightmare at this point. I'm not sure they're regulated but if so I'd imagine some heavy fines coming along.Quote:
My favorite part is the tipped over portapotties.
Bucketrunner said:
That older Navasota River bridge has been under flood stage most of the time since September. Lake Limestone needs to hold their water. I am concerned for my safety every time I cross it.
The proposed lake was called the Milligan reservoir.
The engineering was done for that project many decades ago. The state knocked the dust off of that data and resubmitted it for possible construction.
The land owners in the area came together to point out that the design would flood large portions of College Station. The key talking point that got traction was when one of the land owners said on KBTX that Sams club would be under water. It was truly shocking that the state was so incompetent when submitting this idea. I fought to get two items of information from the state on this project. I needed the elevation of the proposed spillway and the location of the dam. Once I got that we quickly educated the media.
As far as the river bridges I got a letter from Texdot recently wanting permission to access my land to start surveying for design work to make it a four lane with all new bridges.
Wasn't there a discussion at one time of building a lake somewhere before there?
Latest iteration was Panther Creek Reservoir. Had to move up almost to 30 bridge from Sulphur Springs because of the Grimes Co dump location. What a waste of time. Also, from my understanding, the new 30 4 lane bridge will eliminate the "earthen dam" effect of the current 30 bridge with interspersed earthen berms for the road for a bridge for the entire 3/4 miles. That will decrease the flooding upstream on Wickson and the Navasota that results from water backing up against the current structure.hopeandrealchange said:Bucketrunner said:
That older Navasota River bridge has been under flood stage most of the time since September. Lake Limestone needs to hold their water. I am concerned for my safety every time I cross it.
The proposed lake was called the Milligan reservoir.
The engineering was done for that project many decades ago. The state knocked the dust off of that data and resubmitted it for possible construction.
The land owners in the area came together to point out that the design would flood large portions of College Station. The key talking point that got traction was when one of the land owners said on KBTX that Sams club would be under water. It was truly shocking that the state was so incompetent when submitting this idea. I fought to get two items of information from the state on this project. I needed the elevation of the proposed spillway and the location of the dam. Once I got that we quickly educated the media.
As far as the river bridges I got a letter from Texdot recently wanting permission to access my land to start surveying for design work to make it a four lane with all new bridges.
Wasn't there a discussion at one time of building a lake somewhere before there?