For those interested in large construction projects, Houston's big dig

Did that part of Houston flood after Hurricane Harvey?

4:48 (frozen) is what I think of and feel when I think of Houston.

No thanks.

I lived on I-45 for a disproportionate time of my life. Scar tissue.

Don't forget the biggest arse hole of them all Rodney Ellis.

This will be such a cluster for traffic. The Hardy will be full of cars and no longer worth the toll. 290 and to a lesser extent I-10 will also get traffic spillage from people traveling from the northwest into the city. I cannot even imagine how bad it will be. Although I can work remotely most days, I choose not to. I will need to seriously rethink that if this goes forward.

Light-rail fever lasted a quarter century but it's big-dig time now baby.

The Ike-Dike will protect the big dig from flooding.

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It's a horrible idea to build a major emergency transport route below grade

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I was thinking the same thing.

I saw the same thing around Vegas where the road sits in a valley. But at least in Vegas it is a desert and rains just a few days a year.

Houston rains probably 40-60% of the year. So Houston will need lots of pumps to work all the time. Since it is government, I wonder how would Houston’s public service sector rank on the level with New Orleans’s Sewerage and Water Board employees in keeping power and the pumps working in a rain event.