Around noon today, I received news that the City of Houston Solid Waste Department had cleaned up two parking lots filled with trash on Marina Drive in Forest Cove. The lots were between three rows of townhomes opposite the Forest Cove Community Room and Pool. The cleanup is a huge boon to the Forest Cove […]
Fourteen months ago today, people started waking up to water in their homes. What has happened since then to mitigate risk from the next flood? Below, a status report on almost two dozen mitigation projects that affect the future of the Lake Houston Area. SJRA By executive order of Governor Abbott in March, the SJRA […]
When I ran last week’s post about Harris County’s new Edgewater Park, I got pushback from several people who feared more green spaces could bring in outsiders and create traffic woes. Value of Green Spaces in Reducing Flood Damage Since Harvey, hardly a day goes by that we don’t read about the value of parks […]
It’s official. There are now two dredges actually dredging on the West Fork. Dredge #2, owned and operated by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, moved downriver from the command site on October 16. Getting 2-foot Pipe Through Water One Foot Deep However, the company had not yet reached placement area #2 with the pipeline. Great […]