Harris County to build Faulkey Gully hike-and-bike trail in Cypress Creek area
A 1.5-mile dirt path along Faulkey Gully will become an asphalt trail with a new underpass and bridge, linking 10 neighborhoods.
A dirt path along Faulkey Gully is set to become a safer paved route for Cypress-area walkers and cyclists, giving residents a 1.5-mile asphalt hike-and-bike trail that ties Guernsey Drive to Spring Cypress Road and plugs into a wider trail network in northwest Harris County.
The project is designed to do more than replace a worn path. It will loop around the north side of Faulkey Gully, connect into the existing Northwest Harris County MUD No. 5 trail system, and add a new underpass at North Eldridge Parkway plus a bridge that reaches an existing 1.9-mile stretch of asphalt trail extending to Lakewood Forest Drive. That makes the route a through-corridor for neighborhood travel and recreation, not just a dead-end strip of pavement.
Harris County Precinct 3 is covering most of the $4.7 million cost, while Faulkey Gully Municipal Utility District is contributing $1.6 million. The district has also said it and Malcomson Road Utility District each agreed to put in $800,000, backed by a voluntary $5 Beautification Fee on monthly bills to help fund the trail. District officials said the trail will run from Spring Cypress Road to Guernsey Road, underscoring the local focus on getting people between subdivisions and onto a continuous network.
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing lists the project as an asphalt and concrete hike-and-bike trail with a pedestrian undercrossing at North Eldridge Parkway and a pedestrian bridge. That filing shows a registration date of June 16, 2025, a start date of Dec. 1, 2025 and a completion date of July 1, 2026. Precinct 3 staff, however, have said the broader construction schedule is expected to wrap up by the first quarter of 2027, suggesting residents may wait longer for the full route to open.
The trail fits into Precinct 3’s Parks and Trails Master Plan, released in 2023 after six in-person community meetings and an online survey. The plan covers a precinct that spans 555 square miles, serves 1.2 million residents and is expected to double in population by 2045. It calls for a continuous trail network, greenways along creeks and bayous, and stronger links to neighborhoods and schools.
That broader setting matters in the Cypress Creek watershed, which covers about 267 square miles and includes 250 miles of open waterways. In a part of northwest Harris County where drainage, flood infrastructure and subdivision growth are closely intertwined, the Faulkey Gully trail is being built as both a mobility link and a creekside corridor for daily use.
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