The US Army Corps of Engineers has just released a graphic that updates the Lake Houston Community on West Fork dredging progress. With a little more than two months to go before the scheduled completion of the project, about two thirds of the work has been completed. That’s a visual estimate, not one based on […]
The Bayou Land Conservancy (BLC) has joined the ranks of those protesting the proposed high-rise development in Kingwood. The cutoff for submitting letters to the Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is March 1. Nine days remain. The Bayou Land Conservancy letter runs 10 pages with another 12 pages of […]
Two weeks ago, the high-rise Kingwood Marina developers designated John Manlove Marketing and Communications as their official point of contact re: all permit application matters. Then last week, Manlove launched a new website that made promises, which seemingly contradicted technical data in the permit application form. At the bottom of the one-page website, Manlove posted […]
Council Member Dave Martin would like to make residents aware that the City of Houston has launched its Homeowner Assistance Program. Here are details. $1.17 Billion Available through Five Programs The City of Houston has received $1.17 billion for housing recovery through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the State of Texas […]
A company called Romerica Investments, LLC filed applications with the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to develop hundreds of acres of land currently in the floodplain, the floodway and wetlands near the San Jacinto. The land is between Kingwood Lakes and the San Jacinto River, east of Woodland […]
While I have primarily focused on legislation around sand mining, legislators in both the Texas House and Senate have filed bills that address other aspects of the Harvey disaster. I have arbitrarily grouped them into several categories below to make this rather lengthy list easier to follow. Preparedness Remember how residents received no warning to […]
State Representative Dan Huberty introduced House Bill 1671 this week. It amends Section 26.551 of the Water Code to give the West Fork of the San Jacinto protections enjoyed by the John Graves Scenic District on the Brazos as a result of a pilot program started in 2005. The bill covers the portion of the […]
Kingwood’s Kingwood Lakes Community Association has threatened legal action over a portion of the proposed high-rise development between Lake Kingwood and the Barrington. Developers planned multi-family condominium units on stilts for that area. But deed restrictions limit construction to single-family housing compatible with surrounding architecture. Single-family usually means “one family in one house on one […]
Romerica Investments LLC has filed permit applications with the Army Corps, City of Houston, and Harris County Flood Control. Romerica Investments hopes to build 5,000 mid-rise condos, a series of high-rise towers ranging from 25 to 50 stories, and a marina to hold 800 40-foot boats and 200 jet skis – all on property deed-restricted […]
Last night, I posted about some problems with the copy in the new website for the high-rise Kingwood Marina project. This morning, The Manlove Agency started changing the copy in many of the FAQs without explanation. Their disclaimer did not change, however. I have screen captures of the original text. If anyone wants to see […]