8/26/26 – Contractors are currently installing liners in the two entry ponds that bracket Northpark Drive at US59. See the north pond below. The liner is a geomembrane made out of high density polyethylene. It takes at least 240 pounds/inch to break the liner. Ponds Will Serve Two Purposes To motorists, the ponds will look […]
8/25/26 – Just days after being sworn in, the five board members of the new Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District held their first working meeting on 8/24/26. They focused on developing an organization that could, in turn, develop a long-range plan. Three of the five board members live in the Lake Houston Area, including […]
8/24/26 at 5PM – After quick-thinking residents spotted TXDoT contractors dumping fill in the Lake Houston floodplain on Friday night, August 21, local authorities leaped into action and stopped the operation by mid-day on Saturday, August 22, 2026. On Sunday, August 23, a silt fence was installed improperly on the property. And today, Monday, August […]
8/22/2026 – Look at flooding long enough and you will come to think of it as a series of debits and credits where the balance in the public-safety ledger is never quite clear. It feels as if flood-risk increases constantly offset flood-risk decreases. For example, shortly after posting about drainage improvements on Bens Branch, I […]
8/20/2026 – Ralph DeLeon, project manager for the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority, shared some good news about Northpark Drive expansion today. It concerns the entry ponds at US59 and sidewalks near Loop 494. Here are the stories behind the developments. Entergy Power Poles Relocated Years before the Northpark project began, Entergy placed more than half […]
8/19/26 – Today, the Bear Branch Trail Association (BBTA) replaced the old low-water crossing over Bens Branch behind Bear Branch Elementary School with a new clear-span bridge. Chris Bloch, a member of the BBTA board, wrote that “Today is a significant day in Kingwood Flood Mitigation. The old low-water crossing over Bens Branch is gone. […]
8/18/26 – This afternoon, Fox26 reporter Greg Groogan interviewed new Harris County Flood Control District Executive Director Marcus Stuckett about his priorities. Stuckett inherited the job just six weeks ago after the previous director resigned under pressure, when it became apparent that Harris County could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding. The […]
8/17/2026 – Daniel Ramos, Executive Director of Harris County’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), presented a detailed general fund budget for Fiscal Year 2027 this morning to a special meeting of Harris County Commissioners Court. The budget contained an estimated $327 million/12% increase over the 2026 budget. That increase could raise the average homeowner’s […]
8/16/26 – On Monday 8/17/26, Harris County will hold a Special Meeting of Commissioners Court to discuss the 2027 budget and a tax increase to cover a projected $129 million deficit in the general fund. The agenda shows that the meeting will start at 9 am. Ironically, Item #1 has to do with “salary grievances.” […]
8/15/2026 – The lawsuit between the Army Corps of Engineers and residents upstream of the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs has been delayed again. The government is still deciding whether to file another appeal to the United States Supreme Court. It was supposed to have made a decision by August 7, 2026. However, the government advised […]