Right now, the City of Houston is in the process of reconstructing Kirby Drive south of US-59. It’s part of a FEMA-funded project to install massive storm water culverts under the street to drain rain water to Brays Bayou.
But there’s another Kirby project coming soon that neighbors are starting to talk about.
The Upper Kirby TIRZ […]
The City of Houston Charter calls for the City to prepare a general plan for future development and infrastructure. In summer 2006, City Council voted a budget amendment authorizing the Planning Commission to create a workplan to move the City towards producing a general plan. Since then, there has been heated public debate about what […]
Apparently, Houston’s current planning ordinance for shared driveways has room for improvement, and not always enough room for fire trucks. One of the many benefits of living in the City of Houston is protection by the largest professional Class I fire department in the world. But some of the new townhouse developments built since 1999 […]
Over the last 18 months, the City of Houston Planning Commission has convened a half dozen working subcommittees. I was recently invited to serve as one of the neighborhood representatives on the Mobility subcommittee. The committees are assigned to
“consider and propose policies that support a sound quality of life and sustainable growth for Houston, […]
