The Barrington Place Homeowners ‘Association (BPHOA), filed an application with the Sugar Land 4B Corporation concerning a Joint Participation Project Funding Request involving the construction of a lightweight concrete wall along the south side of Alston Road in February 2020. The purpose of the project is to construct and install a uniform lightweight concrete wall in both style and material and to remove the Hodge podge of different styles of existing wood fence in varying states of repair. The submitted project is budgeted at $131,704.10 with 50% of the cost to be reimbursed to the BPHOA by the Sugar Land 4B Corporation. The HOA will then be responsible for the maintenance of the constructed lightweight concrete wall into the future.

After the initial submission of the application on February 25, 2020, the application was sidetracked by the Covid Pandemic and the program was suspended indefinitely in March 2020 but came back to life in February 2021.

Notification of the Proposed Project to construct a lightweight concrete wall and Questionnaires asking for Owner information related to the Proposed Project were mailed in April 2021 to owners of the 17 properties bordering on and adjacent to the location where the proposed lightweight concrete wall will be built.

When the paperwork was finally presented to the City of Sugar Land for its consideration and input in April 2021, it required that BPHOA have a survey done of the project site. The survey was done. The City after review of the survey, required BPHOA to obtain necessary consents from easement holders such as CenterPoint Energy and also required BPHOA to also enter into agreements with the City regarding the future upkeep and maintenance of the lightweight concrete wall.

On December 21, 2021, the City Council, after publishing notice, held its regular meeting, and approved the funding (the reimbursement portion) for the project.

A walk thru on site along the length of the existing wood fence on the south side of Alston took place on December 16, 2021 with the contractor DCR Builders, the Management Company and the HOA President.

DCR plans on starting work from Summerfield Drive and working east towards Reddington Road (heading toward the school). The existing wood fence will not come down all at once, it will be taken down in sections. For those yards who have pools they will be installing temporary chain link fencing instead of the usual orange plastic mesh fence used in other non-pool yards. During the walk thru DCR explained how they will pull out existing sections of fence, remove/trim/work around encroaching plants and trees, and there was extensive discussion on how the contractor plans on handling the side fences on the lots (securing them) and their separation from the existing fence that runs adjacent to Alston Road.

Summerfield Park will be used as a staging area. Part of the Park will be fenced off from resident use so that construction materials, a dumpster, a skid steer, a porta potty and other equipment can be located nearby while the project unfolds. 

You will find links to Rhino Rock (the manufacturer of the components used in the lightweight concrete wall), brochures from Rhino Rock, Engineering reports, and Frequently asked questions below.

https://rhinorock.com/
https://rhinorock.com/faq-items/faq-1/
https://rhinorock.com/downloads/

The community can also give its input into the color choice of the wall facing Alston.  You can call MASC Austin Properties, Inc. , email to jfigueroa@mascapi.com or send a message through TownSq.

Color choices can be seen below:

Alston Road Fence Project