The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should begin dredging the West Fork of the San Jacinto River next week. The Corps expected to begin dredging this week, but a part failure for one of the dredges caused a slight delay. A replacement part is being remanufactured and shipped to the command site. The replacement part […]
Matt Zeve, Deputy Executive Director for the Harris County Flood Control District, will discuss Lake Houston area projects approved in the recent County Flood Bond at a meeting of the Lake Houston Area Grassroots Flood Prevention Initiative on September 17. Zeve will also address updates to Flood Plain Maps. The new maps could lead to increases in […]
My apologies. On Wednesday, I posted about easements along Ben’s Branch and Taylor Gulley. The story said that the City of Houston had finally sent long-awaiting documents to Harris County Flood Control that would allow the County to assume maintenance of those areas. It was based on assurances from a source at the City that […]
Want to know where all the support for the flood bond came from? Want to know where the highest turnouts were? Want to see where the largest percentages of NO votes came from? Instead of pouring over the canvass spreadsheets until your eyeballs bleed, now you can get it at a glance thanks to some […]
Long-passive Kingwood voters have awoken and become a political force. The Harris County Clerk has posted the canvass for the recent flood bond election. It shows that Kingwood had five of the top eight precincts in Harris County as measured by the percentage of registered voters who turned out to vote. Kingwood Voters Almost Triple […]
Note: This story has been corrected. See the replacement post. The City of Houston has finally signed and delivered the easements that will allow Harris County Flood Control to maintain Ben’s Branch and Taylor Gully in Kingwood. Clearing the Way for Ben’s Branch Maintenance Jessica Beemer, Chief of Staff for City Council Member Dave Martin […]
In the first year since Hurricane Harvey, wheels were set in motion on many flood mitigation projects, but very little has actually changed on the ground. Below are where things stand on 12 measures designed to help reduce the risk of another major storm. Implementing them should be top priorities for Year Two. Additional Dredging […]