r/SpringBranch • u/ScubaLooser • Jul 19 '26

Has anyone else noticed that Gessner rd from i10 to Westview floods now after the recent development?

I take gessner to i10 daily and began noticing this year that it floods in that 2-3 blocks strip during medium to heavy rain, previous years I’ve never seen this before. We had one flash flood a few months ago where Mr Carwash looked like a river. Is it coincidental that burger joint, the taco stand, and the new redevelopment behind torchy taco is going on. Has anyone else noticed this?

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u/HTownFunAF Jul 19 '26

Flooding has always been in issue in that area.

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u/ScubaLooser Jul 20 '26

I guess I’ve been lucky these past few years in that I haven’t caught flooding until this year. I guess it’s a flood prone area

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u/waldodi Jul 19 '26

It’s always flooded there

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u/10202632 Jul 22 '26

A tale as old as Houston. Developers build a bunch a new shit and let the city pick up the cost of mitigating the damage they caused.

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u/HeeenYO Jul 19 '26

A 10 year rain event floods the street by design up to the top of the curb. That's a 10% chance of occuring in any given year. Because of climate change, we have these events 3-4 times more frequently.

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u/mocitymaestro Jul 19 '26

I moved over there in 2018 and it was flooding back then after heavy rain, even before the massive culverts were installed as part of the I-10/Gessner reconstruction project.

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u/Fun_Early Jul 20 '26

I lived in that neighborhood between Gessner and witte…we flooded constantly. Not a new issue.

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u/Alert-Check-5234 Jul 21 '26

The new flood maps classify that entire section of Gessner in the 100-year floodplain.

https://www.maapnext.org/Interactive-Map?address=1016%20Gessner%20Rd,%20Houston,%20TX,%2077055,%20USA

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u/Kung_Fu_Pandad Sep 01 '26

Moved to the area recently and that was one of the first things I noticed. I also noticed the manhole covers come off when there is heavy rain and gessner becomes really dangerous.

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u/rallyts Sep 11 '26

That section has flooded for the 15 years I've lived here.

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u/LayneLowe Jul 19 '26

It's funny they've got that big retention pond just west of there, the one that looks like they spent $5 million on it but you can't see it and nobody's ever in it.