Submitted Project Questions Project Plan and Timeline Funding the Project Benefits Environment Surrounding Development Why this project?
PROJECT PLAN AND TIMELINE What is proposed? The Waller Creek project is a storm water bypass tunnel to be installed from Waterloo Park (12th Street and Red River Street) to Town Lake. The bypass tunnel will remove an estimated 1,243,000 square feet (28.54 acres) of land from the floodplain of the lower Waller Creek watershed and allow denser development. The tunnel will be 22-feet in diameter and approximately one mile in length. When will the project be built? The project will take approximately six to seven years to complete. The initial two to three years include design, bidding and right-of-way acquisition. The remaining years will be needed for the actual construction of the bypass tunnel. How will the underground tunnel be constructed? The tunnel will be located 60 to 70 feet underground. The access for the excavation necessary for the tunnel will be at a single, central point along the approximately one mile route of the tunnel. As a result, the excavation will not require trenc
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