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Council pauses Hebner Creek overhaul after debate over designs, costs and trees
Summary
Council paused the larger Hebner Creek realignment project pending further outreach with Bexar County and San Antonio River Authority; council also declined to expend funds immediately for an erosion‑only cost estimate.
The City Council on March 1 voted 3–1 to pause further work on a proposed redesign of Huebner Creek after months of discussion over alignment, heritage trees and construction costs.
City engineers presented three principal options for the stretch between Bandera Road and Pass Road: an earlier design estimated at about $3.0 million, a modified alignment keeping work within the existing creek bed (staff’s “realignment”) at about $7.0 million with concrete riprap, and a heavier retaining‑wall option that engineers estimated near $10 million. Staff said an “erosion‑only”…
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