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Consultants present $14.5–$19.7 million drainage and master‑plan options for Henry Homburg Golf Course
Summary
Architects and engineers recommended regrading, new drainage basins and a complete irrigation overhaul for Henry Homburg Golf Course, offering a basic renovation estimate of $14.5 million and a comprehensive new routing and facilities plan at about $19.7 million.
City consultants told Beaumont City Council on March 25 that Henry Homburg Golf Course would require major work to resolve chronic ponding and infrastructure decay, and offered two cost tracks: a renovation of existing routing and infrastructure estimated at about $14.5 million, and a full re‑routing and comprehensive rebuild estimated at about $19.7 million.
Baxter Spann of Finger Dye Spann Golf Course Architects, with Mike McClung of Tetra Tech engineers, presented a drainage-focused master plan that included short‑term fixes and a long‑term regrading and irrigation program. Spann said the course is "well past the maximum life expectancy on all of its systems" and described fairways that stay wet because they are flatter than 1% slope in many spots.
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