New home for HPD's Mounted Patrol
Not everyone is happy with the new location currently under construction for HPD's Mounted Patrol (via KHOU-11):
When they’re not on patrol, the 37 horses in HPD’s Mounted Patrol unit live in Memorial Park.
The area is cramped says Lt. Randy Wallace.
It’s also muddy, there’s no grass, and there isn’t much for the horses to do.
“What we have here is just the bare basics,” said Lt. Wallace.
It is three acres surrounded by heavy traffic, but very close to some of the parks the horses patrol.
The new, $7 million facility will have 46 stalls.
It’s five times larger with room to run.
The catch is it’s in the county, not the city.
Crews are already clearing the land along Little York and it was only when this work started that Frank Watson noticed. He opposes the new location. “For four years now they knew about it but they didn’t tell us about it.”
The new patrol headquarters is technically just outside Houston city limits—so the city didn’t have to hold a public hearing.
“And it will cripple any kind of economic growth we have in mind,” said Watson.
I'm not sure I understand why having the Mounted Patrol as a neighbor would cripple surrounding growth, but regardless, there are benefits to choosing a county location -- fewer building restrictions, and the land was probably cheaper. Plus, the horses clearly need a better home.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 03/12/08 06:00 AM | Print |
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