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Transparency Issues Undermining Trust in Harris County Government

1/10/25 – Sometimes it seems transparency issues with Harris County government just never cease. Imagine… You go to the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) website to look for “active construction projects” in your area. But the “Active Construction Projects” page is not working. And it hasn’t worked for months. You want to know what […]

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Bens Branch Erosion Forces Installation of New Bridge

1/9/25 – The widening of Bens Branch caused by ever-increasing amounts of water coming downstream from new upstream developments has forced the Bear Brach Trail Association to replace an aging wooden bridge with a new $300,000 steel truss bridge. The creek has widened from 32 to 50 feet since Tropical Storm Imelda in 2019. The […]

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Northpark Construction: From Mistletoe to Milestones

1/7/2025 – In the week after a holiday lull, Northpark construction is ramping back up and should reach some milestones later this week. According to the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority website: In other news, crews will continue: See the pictures below, all taken on Tuesday morning, 1/7/25. New Lanes and Sidewalk Between Loop 494 and […]

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Contractor Only Partially Complies with BMPs at Foster Elementary Reconstruction Site

1/6/2024 – Before New Year’s Day, I posted about the lack of best management practices (BMPs) at the Foster Elementary reconstruction site in Kingwood. A contractor let sediment-laden runoff escape the site, fill the street and flow into unprotected storm drains. Photos taken yesterday after a storm front passed show that it’s still happening. Partial […]

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HCFCD Kicking Off Study to Make Half of Harris County SAFER

1/5/2025 – At a Community Resilience Flood Task Force Meeting in December last year, the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) announced that it would be kicking off a new feasibility study in Q1 2025 designed to make half of Harris County SAFER from flooding. SAFER stands for Solutions for Advancing Flood Mitigation, Equity, and […]

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Sedona: Erosion on a Spectacular Scale

1/4/25 – In a Houston-area-flooding context, we usually consider erosion as a negative. It reduces the capacity of streams, channels and Lake Houston. It can also form sediment dams like mouth bars that back water up. But elsewhere, many consider erosion a tourist attraction. And I’m not just talking about the Grand Canyon. Welcome to […]

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Official Holiday Tornado Report from HCFCD

1/3/25 – Jeff Lindner, Harris County’s Meteorologist, provided this official holiday tornado report. Southeast Texas experienced a highly active period of severe weather from 12/24/24 through 12/28/24. It included several tornado outbreaks on both the 26th and 28th. Said Lindner, “While it is not uncommon to have severe weather and tornados in southeast Texas during […]

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Better Construction Management Practices Could Reduce Silt-Laden Runoff

12/29/24 – Several rounds of intense rain in the past week triggered a slew of emails from concerned residents about the need for better construction management practices to control sediment-laden runoff. Chris Summers, a retired commercial photographer, included pictures of the runoff from the Foster Elementary site in Kingwood’s Trailwood Village. Contractors recently cleared the […]

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Meritage Finishes Clearing 40 Acres between Pinehurst and Kings River

Meritage has finished clearing all of its 40 acres between Pinehurst and Kings River. The property is just east of West Lake Houston Parkway and borders Kings Park Way, Texas Laurel Trail, and Pinehurst Trail Drive. The company plans to build 210 homes on the site in two phases. Status of Phases 1 and 2 […]

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West Lake Houston Parkway Development Almost Finished

12/22/24 – The West Lake Houston Parkway development between Kings Park Way and Upper Lake Drive is finally nearing completion, more than 2.5 years after land clearing began. Construction of the development has been plagued by stormwater control issues. Property Ultimately Owned by Trammell Crow The property has been developed in two phases by Kingwood […]

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