{"id":3365,"date":"2016-11-21T01:35:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T07:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?p=3365"},"modified":"2017-04-23T13:30:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T18:30:13","slug":"wasting-money-the-old-fashioned-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?p=3365","title":{"rendered":"Wasting Money the Old-Fashioned Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Costly Bayou Repairs Do More Harm Than Good, Won\u2019t Last<\/h3>\n

Nov. 21, 2016<\/p>\n

Updated April 23, 2017 — The Harris County Flood Control District reports that repair costs through March 2017 are $1.25 million. Terry Hershey Park remains closed until construction work is complete.<\/em><\/p>\n

See also “Commissioner Radack Responds.”<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

From a distance you could hear the monstrous roar of the heavy equipment in the woods. Following deep, wide tracks smashed into the bare dirt along the bank of Buffalo Bayou, passing large cottonwoods apparently cut to make way for the big equipment, we came across a scene of troubling destruction.<\/p>\n

A gigantic articulated 30-ton dump truck with six massive wheels was slowly rolling towards us with a large load of fresh dirt and dripping mud dug up from the bayou bank. Further along a 60-ton excavator on tracks sat on the very edge of the bank, expertly swiveling back and forth, scraping up the dirt bank and dumping it into the truck, scooping up loads of white limestone rock and dropping it in a layer where the excavated bank once was.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d seen the eroded bank before the \u201crepairs\u201d began. This damage was far worse.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t have to be this way.<\/p>\n

Read the rest of this story.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dump<\/a>

Dump truck and excavator at work on the north bank of Buffalo Bayou in Terry Hershey Park on Nov. 3, 2016. Photo by Jim Olive<\/p><\/div>\n

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