Several downtown Houston streets remain closed for storm recovery efforts nearly a month after derecho
At least three downtown streets have opened back up since Tuesday, according to the Houston Downtown Management District. Streets and sidewalk closures are still in place to facilitate work and stabilize damaged buildings. Several downtown Houston streets remain closed for storm recovery efforts nearly a month after a devastating derecho left tree limbs and shattered glass across downtown Houston. At least three downtown streets have reopened since Tuesday, according to the Houston Downtown Management District. Streets and sidewalk closures are still in place to facilitate work and stabilize damaged buildings. The derecho, which left at least eight people dead, left thousands of windows damaged and hundreds of tree limbs scattered across several street intersections. Crews are still working to replace the thousands of damaged windows. The public is advised to avoid closed streets and fenced sidewalks due to the significant risk of falling glass around the most damaged buildings and many streets are closed to pedestrians due to this risk. Outside of the ongoing storm recovery, downtown entertainment, sports, convention, parks and food and beverage establishments have reopened.
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At least three downtown streets have opened back up since Tuesday, according to the Houston Downtown Management District. Streets and sidewalk closures are still in place to facilitate work and stabilize damaged buildings.
Nearly a month after a devastating derecho left tree limbs and shattered glass sprawled across downtown Houston, many streets remain closed for storm recovery efforts.
At least three downtown streets have opened back up since Tuesday, according to the Houston Downtown Management District. Streets and sidewalk closures are still in place to facilitate work and stabilize damaged buildings.
At least eight people died in the sudden storm surge that battered Houston and its suburbs on May 16. Downtown, the windows of several high-rise buildings shattered and sustained damage while storm debris and tree limbs were thrown across several street intersections.
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Crews are still working to replace the thousands of windows that were damaged during the derecho. The following streets remain closed on Wednesday:
-Smith from Clay to Pease
-Andrews from Smith to Shaw
-Shaw to Ruthven
-Bell from Louisiana to Smith
-Louisiana from Pease to Bell
-Louisiana from Polk to Lamar
-Dallas from Smith to Milam
-Milam from Capitol to Rusk
-Travis from Franklin to Commerce
The public is cautioned to avoid closed streets and fenced sidewalks. There’s still a significant risk of falling glass around the most damaged buildings, and many of the streets are closed to pedestrians because of the risk, Ann Taylor, a spokesperson for the management district told Houston Public Media last month.
“People continue to walk around barricades or down the streets, and this is not safe,” she said.
Outside of the areas of ongoing storm recovery, downtown entertainment, sports, convention, parks and food and beverage establishments have opened back up, and are operating on normal schedules.
Officials have not provided a timeline of downtown street closures.
Office building tenants have encouraged some employees to access offices by downtown tunnels. Some properties that sustained the heaviest damage were asking only essential staff to come in while streets remain closed in May, Taylor said.
A survey of 18 downtown high-rise buildings with the most damage last month found more than 3,250 damaged windows and more than 200 damaged trees.