City Removes 100 Tons of Sediment From Under Deer Springs Bridge

5/28/2025 – The City of Houston Public Works Department just finished clearing 100 tons of accumulated sediment from under the Deer Springs Bridge over the Kingwood Diversion Ditch. According to District E City Council Member Fred Flickinger, the space under the bridge was so tight that crews had to do the work by hand. There wasn’t enough room to bring in bulldozers.

How Deer Springs Bridge Looked in Late 2024

Here’s a before shot taken late last year. As you can plainly see, much of the ditches conveyance was lost to sedimentation and vegetation.

Such blockages can increase flood risk.

Pictures of Clean Out

As you can see below, crews dug out the area directly underneath the bridge by hand because they had no equipment with a profile low enough to fit under the bridge.

They also re-established rip rap.

However, the job is not quite yet done. They still must hydro-mulch to stabilize the sides of the channel.

Both upstream and downstream banks were graded to meet the elevation of the bank section underneath the bridge. Crews still have yet to remove the island in the center of the ditch. That will require equipment with a longer reach.

Next Up

Houston Public Works is also evaluating the sediment build up in the middle of Kingwood Drive in the ditch immediately west of Kingwood High School.

The build up is even worse than you saw above.

According to Dustin Hodges, Council Member Flickinger’s Chief of Staff, Public Works is currently developing a scope of work for this project.

Posted by Bob Rehak on 5/28/2025 at 7:30 PM

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