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12/20/2024 – Just in time for the holidays, the City’s new dredging program on Lake Houston finally launched this week, but with some changes. According to Dustin Hodges, Chief of Staff for District E City Council Member Fred Flickinger, delays earlier this year in the long-awaited dredging program had to do with the search for […]
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Read MoreU.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw helped secure another $3.2 million dollars for two crucial Kingwood flood-mitigation projects. The money is part of two EPA grants, each for $1.6 million. And they will cover final engineering for the Taylor Gully/Woodridge Village and Kingwood Diversion Ditch flood-mitigation projects. 80:20 Matching Grants from EPA The EPA will pay 80% […]
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Read More9/19/24 – On Tuesday 9/17/24, the North Houston Association held a reception for members and the press to promote 27 strategic flood-reduction priorities in the new state flood plan. The state flood plan contains thousands of recommendations from 15 different river basins around the state. However, the boundaries of the North Houston Association (NHA) fall […]
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Read MoreHarris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey’s Office will host a meeting about local infrastructure at Kingwood High School tonight. The meeting will include representatives from the City of Houston, San Jacinto River Authority, Congressman Dan Crenshaw’s office, and Harris County Flood Control District. 6:30-8:00 PM The infrastructure meeting will follow an open-house format. After […]
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Read MoreHarris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey’s Office will host a meeting about local infrastructure at Kingwood High School tonight. The meeting will include representatives from the City of Houston, San Jacinto River Authority, Congressman Dan Crenshaw’s office, and Harris County Flood Control District. 6:30-8:00 PM The infrastructure meeting will follow an open-house format. After […]
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Read MoreCongressman Dan Crenshaw has helped secure Federal funding that supports 10 Lake Houston Area projects. Crenshaw submitted requests for the earmarks in 2023. After review by several different congressional committees, some of the earmark requests were modified and some sailed through for the full amounts. The table below shows requested and approved amounts. Project Originally […]
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Read MoreAt a press conference on 2/22/24, elected and appointed officials from all levels of government gathered to celebrate completion of the new flood barriers that surround the entire campus of Kingwood High School (KHS). They transform the once vulnerable facility into a flood fortress and will protect it in a 500-year flood … plus another […]
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Read More9/25/23 – Approximately 150,000 people live in the 267 square mile Cypress Creek watershed which has severe repetitive flooding. At a press conference this morning, County, State and Federal officials announced $50 million in funding for a massive complex of stormwater detention basins on Cypress Creek at T.C. Jester Blvd. to help protect them. The […]
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Read MoreU.S. Congressman Dan Crenshaw made nine flood-related earmark requests for 2024. And according to his office, several House of Representative Committees have approved all nine. They include: A committee also approved a request by Crenshaw NOT related to flooding – $1.65M for the Montgomery County Active Shooter Defense Training Facility. That means all 10 of […]
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Read MoreBetty Jane Crenshaw, 94, of Port Lavaca, passed away peacefully Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, in Sugar Land. She was born Sept. 25, 1928 in Canton, …
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