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$480 Million Project Brays Complete After 40 Years

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 26 May 2022 23:49:01 +0000

May 26, 2022, marked the official completion of a 40-year, $480-million flood-mitigation project in the Brays Bayou Watershed. Project Brays included: 21 miles of channel modifications Construction of four stormwater detention basins that cover more than 800 acres Reconstruction of 32 bridges Miles of hike and bike trails Benefits of Project Brays The Texas Medical […]

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Where Flood-Bond Spending Is Going, When New Flood Maps Will Be Released

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:47:47 +0000

On the Harris County Commissioner’s Court agenda for today are two Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) “transmittals.” One will update commissioners on flood-bond spending to date. The other will update commissioners on the progress of new flood maps (the MAAPnext program). They are items 269 and 270 on today’s agenda. Transmittals are reports by […]

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Six Low-Income Watersheds Receive More Funding than 15 Higher Income Watersheds Combined

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 15:00:38 +0000

Third of an eight-part series on flood-mitigation funding in Harris County Some people and their representatives in low-to-moderate-income (LMI) watersheds have complained that they get “no” flood-mitigation funding and that the money is all going to richer watersheds. Allegedly, that’s because home values are higher there and thus favor higher benefit/cost ratios (a sort of […]

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