Residents who want to see where the Trinity River flood control work north of downtown stands can drop in on the agencies building it later this month.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Tarrant Regional Water District and the City of Fort Worth will hold an open house on the Central City Flood Control Project from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at Northside Community Center, 1100 N.W. 18th St., the city announced Wednesday.
It is the second year in a row the three partners have hosted the event. The city describes a come-and-go format in which visitors can look over project materials and talk with staff.
What will be covered
The city says the update will include current and upcoming work, naming two pieces in particular: construction of the North Bypass Channel and the Ham Branch restoration project.
The project as a whole reroutes part of the Trinity River and modifies Gateway Park so the river system can better handle future floods, according to the city.
The Corps of Engineers, which leads the work, describes it as a bypass channel, a levee system and related improvements that send flood flows around a section of the existing floodway near downtown, along the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity.
