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East Fork Wetlands in Floodplain Sold to Developer Ron Holley

10/11/25 – On 2/28/25, Friendswood Development/Lennar Homes of Texas Land and Construction, Ltd. sold 231 acres to Royal Shores Estates, LLC, a company managed by Ron Holley, a Kingwood developer. The transaction includes two parcels that bracket the existing Royal Shores development. Maps of Acquired Parcels The first parcel to the north includes 164.39 acres […]

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Work on Northpark Bridge Could Start as Early as December

10/10/25 – Barring weather delays and more unforeseen utility conflicts, work on the Northpark bridge over the UnionPacific Railroad Tracks and Loop 494 could begin as early as December 2025. Side Walls for Abutments Already Fabricated According to Ralph De Leon, the project manager for the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority/TIRZ 10, all the pieces of […]

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Work on Northpark Bridge Could Start as Early as December

10/10/25 – Barring weather delays and more unforeseen utility conflicts, work on the Northpark bridge over the UnionPacific Railroad Tracks and Loop 494 could begin as early as December 2025. Side Walls for Abutments Already Fabricated According to Ralph De Leon, the project manager for the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority/TIRZ 10, all the pieces of […]

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Median Madness Round 3 Coming October 18

10/9/25 – Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger has scheduled another Median Madness event for Saturday October 18 from 8:30 to noon along Northpark Drive between Forest Bluff and Bassingham Drives. Join District E, Trees for Kingwood and Houston Parks for a community cleanup of the medians in Kingwood! It will involve picking up trash […]

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Weird Nephew Izzy Has Fix for HCFCD Slowdown

More than four years after being awarded almost a billion dollars in HUD money for more than 30 flood mitigation and disaster recovery projects, Harris County Flood Control District has actually started building only one of the jobs. If it misses rapidly approaching deadlines, it could lose the money, a fact that has not escaped […]

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2025 Q3 HCFCD Spending Figures Show Continuing Decline

10/7/2025 – Newly posted spending figures on the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) website for the third quarter of 2025 show a continuing slowdown in spending. Last quarter, HCFCD spending fell below where we started after the flood-bond election in 2018 … almost to a quarter of what it was at the peak under […]

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GLO Approves $42 Million for Taylor Gully-Woodridge Project in Kingwood

10/6/25 – Today, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved approximately $42 million to construct Taylor Gully Channel Conveyance Improvements and a Woodridge Stormwater Detention Basin in Kingwood. GLO also approved six other HCFCD projects today. Projects Approved Today All seven projects are part of a larger group of 34 HCFCD projects in various stages […]

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Investigation Finds 65,000 Homes Built in Region’s Floodplains Since Harvey

10/5/25 – A Houston Chronicle article last month by investigative reporter Yilun Cheng found that 65,000 homes were built in Houston area floodplains since Hurricane Harvey. This six-minute ABC13 interview with Cheng captures the highlights of her research. Cheng’s Key Findings Cheng found that builders have constructed more than 65,000 new properties in flood zones […]

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Provisions of FEMA Reform Bill That Cleared House Committee

10/4/2025 – One in 3 counties across America receive federal disaster declarations each year. A big question on the minds of many in Congress and the Administration is how to deliver aid more efficiently and effectively. The bi-partisan FEMA Reform Bill, H.R. 4669, passed out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on 9/3/25, but […]

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Kingwood Town Hall Ends with Wonderful Surprise

10/3/25 – Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger’s Kingwood Town Hall Meeting on 9/30/25 had a lot of great news. Speakers talked about 20+ infrastructure projects in various stages of development. Together, they should help reduce flood risk for people throughout the Lake Houston Area. In addition, we learned about airport improvements, crime reductions, a […]

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