The Land Bridge and Prairie, Houston’s Newest Landmark, Is Almost Finished
KHOU 11 | by Lauren Talarico | 9.8.21
“There is nothing like it that we have identified, our engineers and our designers, have identified that exists in the world.”
HOUSTON — The Land Bridge and Prairie project, soon to be one of Houston’s newest landmarks, is moving along a quick pace.
The Land Bridge, coming to Memorial Park in the fourth quarter of 2022, is the next major project of the Memorial Park Master Plan.
The Master Plan, expected to be completed by 2028, is a collaboration among Memorial Park Conservancy, Houston Parks and Recreation Department and Uptown Development Authority. It included input from 25 ecological scientists, and 50 additional informants ranging from storm water management experts to historians to Park stakeholder groups.
During a tour on Wednesday, Shellye Arnold, president & CEO of the Memorial Park Conservancy, and Randy Odinet, vice president of Capital Projects and Facilities, Memorial Park Conservancy, provided an update to the project.
“We are standing on top of a 100-acre project that will open in just a little over a year,” Arnold said.
Rolling hills made of dirt will soon be prairie land and paths that connects the north and south sides of Memorial Park. The park is currently divided by a busy Memorial Drive.
“It will be great for runners, it will be great for cyclists, it will be great for moms pushing their strollers,” Arnold said.