Bayou Fountain across from Highland Road Park

Does anyone have any info on the flood control project going on across from HRP? They seem to have taken out all of the trees and shrubbery about 10 feet wide on either side of Bayou Fountain. There is a BREC trail that runs next to the bayou in that area that has been completely mowed down. Not sure how this is supposed to help flooding as there will now be no trees with roots running through the bank to stop erosion. And the trail that I and others have used is now nothing more than dirt and stumps.