Dept. completed the concept design for a 1.5 mile-long segment of linear bike and pedestrian trail for Buffalo Bayou Partnership. The trail segment is located between Jensen Drive and Tony Marron Park within Buffalo Bayou East. Unlike areas of Buffalo Bayou Park, further upstream, this segment of Buffalo Bayou is adjacent to both ongoing and inactive industrial uses. The concept plan  relocates the existing trail out of the floodplain while celebrating key industrial relics in the area, including four concrete gravel silos, and creating accessible public spaces that front the bayou.   

The concept design focused on the development of four sites along the trail: The Stormwater Wetland Crossing, the Gravel Silos, the Velasco Street Crossing, and the Woodland Bridge.    

The concept plan was developed further in  collaboration with SWA as part of the desing of Buffalo Bayou East's South Bank Trail.

Houston, TX

South Bank Trail Concept Design

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