Sprint Sand & Clay - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/sprint-sand-clay/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:04:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Sprint Sand & Clay - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/sprint-sand-clay/ 32 32 103504436 Woodridge Village Excavation and Removal Contract Ends https://houstonnewmedia.org/woodridge-village-excavation-and-removal-contract-ends/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woodridge-village-excavation-and-removal-contract-ends Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:04:33 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=42457 (Note: Within an hour of posting this, I received additional information from a source familiar with Federal grants and have updated the section on Funding below.) Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) and Sprint Sand & Clay have ended their Woodridge Village excavation and removal (E&R) contract. As of Friday afternoon, 11/24/23, Sprint had removed […]

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]]> 694186 Woodridge Village Excavation Rate Increased Slightly in October https://houstonnewmedia.org/woodridge-village-excavation-rate-increased-slightly-in-october/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woodridge-village-excavation-rate-increased-slightly-in-october Wed, 01 Nov 2023 11:03:17 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=42048 During the month of October 2023, Sprint Sand & Clay excavated another 5,754 cubic yards (CY) of dirt from a new stormwater detention basin on Harris County Flood Control District’s (HCFCD)Woodridge Village property. Compare that to 5,698 cubic yards in September. The new “total to date” is now 156,478 cubic yards. October’s 5,754 CY exceeds […]

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]]> 683620 Woodridge Village Excavation Slows https://houstonnewmedia.org/woodridge-village-excavation-slows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woodridge-village-excavation-slows Tue, 03 Oct 2023 13:29:29 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=41364 During September, Sprint Sand & Clay excavated another 5,698 cubic yards of material from Woodridge Village, down slightly from the previous month. However, that brought the total to date up to 150,724 cubic yards – a nice milestone. Attempted development of the property contributed to the flooding of neighboring properties twice in 2019 during May […]

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]]> 669549 Woodridge Village Excavation Slows in July https://houstonnewmedia.org/woodridge-village-excavation-slows-in-july/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woodridge-village-excavation-slows-in-july Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:29:35 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=40365 During July 2023, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) contractor Sprint Sand and Clay, LLC, excavated 5,754 cubic yards from a new Woodridge Village stormwater detention basin. That brought Sprints’ grand total up to 135, 751 cubic yards.  5,764 cubic yards equals another 3.6 acre feet. The previous month, Sprint excavated 5 acre feet. So, excavation […]

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]]> 638177 Woodridge Village Excavation Approaching Atlas-14 Requirement https://houstonnewmedia.org/woodridge-village-excavation-approaching-atlas-14-requirement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woodridge-village-excavation-approaching-atlas-14-requirement Tue, 02 May 2023 20:13:08 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=39010 Harris County Flood Control District’s (HCFCD) Woodridge Village Excavation and Removal contract with Sprint Sand & Clay continues progressing nicely. The volume excavated last month shows a continued rebound in activity after a dip last year when the housing market slowed. As of the end of April, Sprint has completed approximately 23% of its 500,000-cubic-yard […]

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]]> 591580 Rate of Woodridge Village Excavation Increases 47% https://houstonnewmedia.org/rate-of-woodridge-village-excavation-increases-47/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rate-of-woodridge-village-excavation-increases-47 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 21:31:29 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=38123 The rate of excavation for another stormwater detention basin on the Woodridge Village property picked up 47% in the last five weeks. That’s compared to the weekly average since Sprint Sand and Clay began excavating last year under the terms of its Excavation and Removal (E&R) contract with Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD). Demand […]

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]]> 562365 New Woodridge Village Detention Basin Already 2nd Largest https://houstonnewmedia.org/new-woodridge-village-detention-basin-already-2nd-largest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-woodridge-village-detention-basin-already-2nd-largest Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:48:07 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=37432 As of January 30, 2023, Sprint Sand and Clay had excavated 80,360 Cubic Yards of dirt from a sixth Woodridge Village stormwater detention basin under an Excavation and Removal Contract with Harris County Flood Control District. Even though the new basin is not yet complete, it is already the second largest on the site. Sprint’s […]

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]]> 535850 Progress Report New Woodridge Village Floodwater Detention Basin https://houstonnewmedia.org/progress-report-new-woodridge-village-floodwater-detention-basin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=progress-report-new-woodridge-village-floodwater-detention-basin Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:12:17 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=32281 A new floodwater detention basin that will ultimately more than double the capacity of Woodridge Village is expanding slowly but steadily. To date, 33,159 cubic yards have been excavated! The pictures below show progress since the start of work in late January. Photos showing Progress Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) announced the project on 11/24/2021. […]

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]]> 301534 Dirt Excavated from Woodridge Being Used to Build Up Laurel Springs RV Resort https://houstonnewmedia.org/dirt-excavated-from-woodridge-being-used-to-build-up-laurel-springs-rv-resort/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dirt-excavated-from-woodridge-being-used-to-build-up-laurel-springs-rv-resort Thu, 10 Feb 2022 02:26:57 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=31165 Sprint Sand & Clay, the company hired by Harris County Flood Control to excavate 500,000 cubic yards of dirt from Woodridge Village, began hauling some of it to the controversial Laurel Springs RV Resort near Lakewood Cove this morning. Wake-Up Calls My phone started blowing up before breakfast with dozens of complaints about Sprint truck […]

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]]> 250613 More Woodridge Village Excavation Started Today https://houstonnewmedia.org/more-woodridge-village-excavation-started-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-woodridge-village-excavation-started-today Thu, 27 Jan 2022 23:24:59 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=30939 In the afternoon of 1/27/22, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) contractor Sprint Sand & Clay began excavation of additional detention pond capacity on Woodridge Village. Woodridge is the former Perry Homes property implicated in the flooding of Elm Grove Village and North Kingwood Forest twice in 2019. Numerous factors contributed to the flooding. But […]

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]]> 243097 Commissioners Approve Excavation Contract for Regional Detention Pond on Taylor Gully https://houstonnewmedia.org/commissioners-approve-excavation-contract-for-regional-detention-pond-on-taylor-gully/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commissioners-approve-excavation-contract-for-regional-detention-pond-on-taylor-gully Wed, 21 Jul 2021 17:14:54 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=27342 In yesterday’s Harris County Commissioners Court meeting, commissioners unanimously approved a contract with Spring Sand & Clay LLC for excavation of a regional detention pond on Taylor Gully in Montgomery County at the Woodridge Village site. Preliminary Engineering Began in Early July Earlier this year, Harris County purchased Woodridge Village from Perry Homes for this […]

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]]> 143910 Commissioners Vote Tuesday on Contract for Woodridge Village Detention Pond Excavation https://houstonnewmedia.org/commissioners-vote-tuesday-on-contract-for-woodridge-village-detention-pond-excavation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commissioners-vote-tuesday-on-contract-for-woodridge-village-detention-pond-excavation Tue, 20 Jul 2021 02:34:45 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=27320 Tuesday, 7.20.21, Harris County Commissioners will vote on a contract with Sprint Sand & Clay for excavation of a Woodridge Village detention basin. Item #21-3394 on the agenda is only for $1000, but it gives the contractor the right to enter the site and begin removing up to 500,000 cubic yards of dirt (at no […]

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