Harris County Commissioners recently awarded a $6.2 million contract to Longhorn Excavators to excavate 40 acres at Rushing Park, 9114 Katy Hockley Road.

The work will create a chain of lakes that will cover approximately 50 acres. The addition will create an environmentally sensitive habitat for water fowl and areas for trails, boardwalks and observation decks. Plans are also under way for a 500-acre recreational lake northeast of Rushing Park on a 900-acre site, John Paul’s Landing, named in honor of the late Pope John Paul II.