Saturday, December 20, 2025
Latest:

HoustonNewMedia.org

Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!

News

News
Reduce Flooding

Two Images Explain Why We Need a Watershed-Wide Flood Agency

6/9/25 – While re-reading the final version of the state flood plan recently I came across two images that explain why we need a watershed-wide flood agency. Unfortunately, a bill to create one, HB2068, died in the House Natural Resources committee this session. Floodplain-Management Practices and Enforcement in Texas The first image shows the level […]

The post Two Images Explain Why We Need a Watershed-Wide Flood Agency appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

Read More
News
Reduce Flooding

Crickets from Harris County on Flood Bond, Subdivision Drainage Shortfalls

6/8/2025 – Harris County’s Flood Control District, Engineering Department, Budget Office and County Administrator’s Office have missed another deadline for an update on Flood Bond and Subdivision Drainage Project shortfalls. After a request for an update in early February – 122 days ago – they missed two deadlines. And it wasn’t on the agenda for […]

The post Crickets from Harris County on Flood Bond, Subdivision Drainage Shortfalls appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

Read More
News
Reduce Flooding

GLO Provides Update on HCFCD Grant Applications Totaling $850 Million

6/7/2025 – The Texas General Land Office (GLO) has provided an update on the status of more than $850 million in Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) grant applications related to Hurricane Harvey – including two that affect the Humble/Kingwood/Lake Houston Area. GLO manages grants for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) […]

The post GLO Provides Update on HCFCD Grant Applications Totaling $850 Million appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

Read More
News
Reduce Flooding

Northpark Traffic Switch Starts Tonight at 9

6/6/25 – A major Northpark traffic switch will take place tonight on the westbound lanes between Loop 494 and US59. Traffic will be rerouted from the center of the project to the recently completed new concrete on the north side of the thoroughfare. The old center lanes will then be closed off for demolition, installation […]

The post Northpark Traffic Switch Starts Tonight at 9 appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

Read More
News
Reduce Flooding

HCFCD Seeks to Enhance its Gauge Adjusted Radar Rainfall System

6/5/25 – Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) is seeking to negotiate an agreement with the University of Oklahoma to help enhance the county’s Gauge Adjusted Radar Rainfall system. See Item 103 on the 6/12/25 agenda. What is Gauge Adjusted Radar Rainfall? Gauge Adjusted Radar Rainfall (GARR) systems estimate rainfall by combining radar-based precipitation estimates with ground-based rain-gauge measurements. […]

The post HCFCD Seeks to Enhance its Gauge Adjusted Radar Rainfall System appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

Read More
News
Reduce Flooding

Northpark Update: Lane Switch, Paving, Tunneling, Enclave

6/5/25 – The Northpark Drive Expansion Project has been a beehive of activity recently. Lane Switch Westbound traffic between Loop 494 and US59 will be routed to recently paved lanes on the north side of Northpark starting Friday, June 6. According to Ralph De Leon, Northpark Expansion project manager, “Beginning June 6th at 9pm, Harper […]

The post Northpark Update: Lane Switch, Paving, Tunneling, Enclave appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

Read More
News
Reduce Flooding

New State Budget Includes $200 Million for Area Flood Projects, Dredging

6/3/25 – The new 1,056-page Texas state budget includes more than $200 million for Houston-area flood mitigation projects and dredging. The legislature allocated $50 million for Lake Houston dredging through the Texas Water Development Board and another $150 million for Houston/Harris County Area flood-mitigation projects. That’s out of a total $581 million appropriated to TWDB […]

The post New State Budget Includes $200 Million for Area Flood Projects, Dredging appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

Read More
News
Reduce Flooding

Enclave Construction Stopped While Engineers Review Drainage

6/2/25 – Construction has stopped, at least temporarily, at the Enclave, a new 11-acre residential development adjacent to the Northpark expansion project in Montgomery County. Both Montgomery County and the City of Houston have asked engineers to review the drainage plans, which showed the development’s detention basin overflowing into the only evacuation route for 78,000 […]

The post Enclave Construction Stopped While Engineers Review Drainage appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

Read More
News
Reduce Flooding

HCFCD Regrades Kings Crossing Ditch

6/1/25 – Harris County Flood Control District has performed maintenance excavation and regrading of the Kings Crossing Ditch that runs from behind the Memorial Hermann Convenient Care Center to Kingwood Drive. Here’s what that area looks like in a satellite view. Note the Kingwood Park N Ride at the top left and H-E-B below it. […]

The post HCFCD Regrades Kings Crossing Ditch appeared first on Reduce Flooding.

Read More