Bens Branch Tributary Repairs at Town Center

HCFCD Begins Repairs to Bens Branch Tributary

5/29/25 – On 5/16/25, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) announced a series of maintenance repairs in Kingwood. One was on a tributary of Bens Branch that runs down the west side of West Lake Houston Parkway toward Kingwood Town Center. Yesterday, I received a report from Chris Bloch, a flood activist in Kingwood, that they had started.

HCFCD is making repairs to a ditch romantically named G103-33-01-X007. See #10 in the center of the map below.

Kingwood projects

Photos Taken on 5/29/25

Below are several pictures taken today at the start of the project. I’m sure it will look better when they finish.

Bens Branch Tributary Repairs near Rustic Woods in Kingwood Town Center
Closer shot shows extent of slide slope and back slope repairs.

Swales behind the side slopes intercept water draining toward the ditch. In the lower right above, you can see a cement structure that helps convey water through a pipe from that swale to the bottom of the ditch. That helps prevent erosion to the side slopes.

Closer shot of same general area.
Looking S toward Kingwood Drive at top of frame behind the old HEB shopping center
Looking N from Rustic Woods at current extent of repairs. Note the difference in the width of the ditch above and below where the pipe enters near the center of the frame.

More News to Follow

I’ll post more pictures as the project progresses. It’s important to maintain the conveyance of ditches as the flooded merchants in the shopping center above can attest. It still hasn’t completely recovered from Harvey flooding almost eight years ago. This should be very welcome news for them.

Maintenance is a never-ending challenge for HCFCD. They have more than 2500 miles of ditches to maintain. If you see them working near you, please give me a heads up through the contact page of this website.

Posted by Bob Rehak on 5/29/25

2830 Days since Hurricane Harvey

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