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Here Comes More Greenway Mileage for White Oak Bayou

Construction began yesterday on a new 1.35-mile segment of hike and bike trail on White Oak Bayou, the first of 5 planned sections that will more or less formalize the route that some trail users have...

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Poking Around Those New White Oak Bayou Retention Ponds South of the Heights

A reader sends in pics showing how construction is progressing on the 3 retention ponds along White Oak Bayou TxDOT is building between Yale and Shepherd — and hoping to trade them for any available...

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There’s a Lot of Lot Over Here by Little White Oak Bayou in the Near Northside

Little White Oak Bayou meanders by the back of a property (and so do a couple of uh, hikers in the background of the top photo) located east of N. Main St. and about 3 sidewalk-lined blocks from the...

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Bayou-Side White Oak Village Hopes To Woo Cyclists, Ninja Warriors, Coffee...

Plans are in the works to give the shopping center at the southwest corner of Antoine Dr. and W. Little York Rd. a thorough redesign and rebranding as White Oak Bayou Village. A spokesperson for...

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White Oak Dr. Bus Stop Sign Still Valiantly Flagging Down Passengers Despite...

While all bus and rail service is currently on hold due to widespread flooding, the route 66 bus stop sign on White Oak Dr. is still bravely performing its signaling duties (lower left above) as water...

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Texas Supreme Court: Flood Control Agency Didn’t Cause White Oak Flooding by...

On Friday the state’s highest court reversed course on a class-action lawsuit filed by White Oak Bayou-adjacent homeowners flooded by turn-of-the-century storms including Allison, writes Mike Morris....

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Might White Oak Bayou Ditch Its Concrete?

The Harris County Flood Control District is looking at removing the concrete lining from sections of the White Oak Bayou channel, writes Mihir Zaveri. The agency is conducting a study on redeveloping...

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Bike Trail Now Creeping Down Toward White Oak Bayou Greenway from Near Northside

A reader caught some shots last week of the current trailblazing going on between the Leonel Castillo Community Center and the White Oak Bayou greenway trail in Near Northside. The new connector...

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Where Yesterday’s Sewage Overflows Flowed

Yesterday’s floodwater caused diluted sewage releases from the 69th St. Wastewater Treatment Plant, located near the crossing of 69th St. over Buffalo Bayou (just upstream from the new Buffalo Bend...

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New Yale St. Bridge Opens 11 Months Early; Unemployed Bricks Recruited For...

The crossing of Yale St. over White Oak Bayou is open again as of yesterday, beating that initially announced estimated reopening date by close to a year. The new structure should reduce the chronic...

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Downtown Tree-Gnawing Drama Cut Unexpectedly Short

The ongoing saga of the Allen’s Landing trees coming down recently in bits and pieces — apparently the handiwork of an elusive Buffalo Bayou beaver or 2 — has come to a likely end with the...

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TxDOT’s Alternate Vision for a Buffalo Bayou Canal and Accompanying Downtown...

Remember that North Canal that showed up in Plan Downtown’s maps and drawing last year and included a island in Buffalo Bayou? Well, TxDOT’s latest schematics for its planned I-45 reroute include a...

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