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Community => Parks, Recreation, and the Environment => Topic started by: thelakelander on December 18, 2018, 08:27:37 AM

Title: Built to Flood: Houston's Buffalo Bayou Walk
Post by: thelakelander on December 18, 2018, 08:27:37 AM
(https://photos.moderncities.com/Next-City-Houston-2016/i-LxJscwk/0/60c16fff/L/20160513_163731-L.jpg)

QuoteAs the City of Jacksonville and Groundwork Jacksonville embark on a long dreamed plan to build greenways along McCoys and Hogans Creeks, Houston's Buffalo Bayou Park Trail is one worth paying close attention too. Built to flood, it has become one of the most popular urban trail systems in the American South.

Read More: https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/built-to-flood-houstons-buffalo-bayou-walk/
Title: Re: Built to Flood: Houston's Buffalo Bayou Walk
Post by: Charles Hunter on December 18, 2018, 02:03:20 PM
Great idea, hope the Necklace planners are incorporating this concept.
Title: Re: Built to Flood: Houston's Buffalo Bayou Walk
Post by: Florida Power And Light on March 08, 2019, 09:23:33 PM
Quote from: Charles Hunter on December 18, 2018, 02:03:20 PM
Great idea, hope the Necklace planners are incorporating this concept.

Likely so. Long established Northeast Florida Planning Council Flood Mapping efforts have made flood prone realities abundantly clear....basically,all over the place.