On Monday, April 11th, the City of North Richland Hills will begin work on lowering the water line in the creek in front of #10 tee. This is the large blue pipe that is currently exposed. A path will be made to allow access just to the right of the ladies tee. The blue pipe will be cut and a new section put in place to lower the elevation of the pipe. Once this is completed, the rip-rap rock will be extended from its current position to beyond the blue pipe, so no further erosion can occur in that area. I have asked the contractors to remove as much of the unused abandoned pipe as possible. I'm not sure of the extent by which they plan to modify the creek floor, if at all. But I applaud the efforts of the city of doing away with what has been an eyesore for some time.
The contractors have 45 days to complete this project. Depending on the weather, they expected to take not much more than two weeks. During the phase of repair, I will need to place the tee markers on the other side of the creek. I will get with Nathan and we will decide if it will be better to play #10 as a par 3 or place the tee markers at the beginning of the fairway so it can still be played as a par 4.
This is a "before" picture of the project. I will keep you updated with their process.
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