Harris County Flood Control District has finished widening and lining a stretch of Mud Gully along Beamer Road, a $10.5 million upgrade that increases stormwater capacity through the Clear Creek watershed.

The district posted a completion notice Thursday, Aug. 27 for the Mud Gully (Beamer Ditch) Channel Conveyance Improvements Project. The work is part of the broader Clear Creek Federal Flood Risk Management Project, which targets flood reduction across the watershed from Pearland through Friendswood and the Clear Lake area.

Rebel Contracting Inc. handled the construction, which ran from early 2021 through late 2024.

Crews widened the channel bottom to 45 feet and installed roughly 55,900 square yards of concrete lining from Sagedowne Lane to just past the Beamer Road bridge. Because Beamer Road hems in the channel on both sides, the concrete lining allows the maximum volume of water to pass through, lowering the water surface during storms, according to district project records.

Downstream flooding will not worsen. The South Belt Stormwater Detention Basin, substantially completed in fall 2022, captures the additional volume before it reaches lower-lying areas, the district said.

Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia and then-Executive Director Dr. Tina Petersen marked the project's completion at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in December 2024. Garcia called the project a strong example of regional partnerships protecting Houston-area residents from flooding.

"For far too long, communities downstream, like those in our Bay Area, have been especially vulnerable to flooding," Garcia said at the ceremony. "By rolling up our sleeves and improving drainage, we're ensuring that the neighborhoods hardest hit by floods are better prepared for the major storms we know are on the way."

Petersen said the channel improvements work in tandem with the South Belt basin, and together the projects lay the groundwork for future investments in the Clear Creek Federal Project.

The Mud Gully project is one piece of that larger effort, a partnership between the district and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is funded through the 2018 Harris County Flood Control District Bond Program and the federal Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.

Six major construction phases remain. The Army Corps approved a revised plan in June 2026, and the district expects to begin final design by late 2027. Construction contracts for new detention basins are anticipated around 2030, with channel conveyance work expected to follow in 2031 or 2032.