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 […]
When I go to various flood mitigation meetings around town, I often hear – with some jealously and resentment – that the San Jacinto River Watershed seems to be getting the lion’s share of flood mitigation funding. This is not true, but it’s a popular misperception. Those who believe they are underfunded tell me constantly […]
As this site has grown, the Reports section started to get unwieldy. To make information easier to find, I separated it under tabs. Some of the tabs even have subsections. Here’s a list of current tabs and some significant new additions to the report data base. City Proposition A (NEW) Contains Supreme and Trial Court rulings […]
This public service announcement paid for by the School of Hard Knocks. Please send this link to every boater you know. It could save a friend’s life. Near Miss with Dredge Today, I received yet another request to remind boaters about safety issues on the West Fork. A near miss prompted the request. Dredging has attracted […]
Warning: I’m not making a recommendation in this post. I am just trying to provide background information that may help you understand this issue and why its on the ballot again. History of the “Drainage Fee” Historically, Houston issued bonds to finance capital projects related to drainage and street improvements. About a decade ago, a group […]
Until now, any good news coming out of Harvey has had to do with mitigation or restoration – preventing future flooding or getting things back to the way they were. Here’s the first story about creating something new out of Harvey’s wreckage that will go far beyond what we had, improve the entire Lake Houston […]
Dredge #2 has moved down the West Fork of the San Jacinto River to River Grove Park, the western limit of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Emergency Dredging Project. At River Grove, the second dredge, which is owned by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, the primary contractor, will cut a 150-foot-wide opening in the […]