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City Mobilizing for More West Fork Dredging

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:21:11 +0000

Mobilization for the next phase of San Jacinto West Fork dredging is underway. The City of Houston and its contractor DRC (a subsidiary of Callan Marine) are already staging equipment in two places on the West Fork. The program, funded by FEMA, will remove an estimated 800,000 cubic yards of silt and sediment between the […]

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TWDB to Consider $50 Million Grant for Lake Houston Gates

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:58:52 +0000

Save the date. On December 7, 2023, the Texas Water Development Board will consider a $50 million grant to the City of Houston for structural improvements to the Lake Houston Dam. The improvements will extend the life of the dam and enable rapid lowering of lake levels in advance of a flood. The project, led […]

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Update on Floodgates, Dredging, Sand Traps from Martin, Costello

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:47:58 +0000

At Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin’s final town hall meeting last night, he and Chief Recovery Officer Stephen Costello gave an update on the status of new, higher capacity floodgates for the Lake Houston Dam. Their talks also addressed dredging and sand traps. According to the latest estimate, construction of the gates now looks like […]

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Save the Date: Dave Martin’s Farewell Town Hall Meeting Next Tuesday

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:24:33 +0000

City of Houston Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin will hold a farewell town hall meeting for District E residents. Date: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 Time: 6:30 p.m. At: Kingwood Community Center Address: 4102 Rustic Woods Dr. Kingwood, TX 77345 The Houston Police Department (HPD) Kingwood Division will start the program with a brief demonstration of […]

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CoH Removing Sediment under Northpark Bridges, More Good News on Northpark Expansion

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:14:27 +0000

To help accommodate the expansion of Northpark Drive and the Kingwood Diversion Ditch, City of Houston (CoH) contractors are cleaning sediment from under the Northpark Bridges. This effort will eliminate a constriction in the Diversion Ditch that backed stormwater up, forcing it into Bens Branch, flooding people, businesses and schools downstream. Separately, Week 2 of […]

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Last-Minute Funding Breathes New Life into Lake Houston Gates Project

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 25 May 2023 21:54:59 +0000

The project to install more flood gates on the Lake Houston Dam has resulted in more nail-biting than a Steven Spielberg movie. Perhaps no project inspired more hope among flood-weary home- and business owners in the San Jacinto watershed. Importance is high, but the costs turned out far higher than expected and dollars proved hard […]

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Houston City Council Approves $29 Million More For Dredging, Sand Trap Tests

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 11 May 2023 12:50:47 +0000

Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin has announced that Houston City Council unanimously accepted an additional $29,000,000 in state grant funds to continue dredging around the canals and channels of Lake Houston. The money will also help start a pilot program to trap sediment upstream before it reaches the lake, thereby hopefully reducing dredging costs in […]

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San Jacinto Greenway Officially Opens

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 22:00:02 +0000

Today, Saturday, April 15, 2023, marked a milestone in the recovery of the Lake Houston Area from Hurricane Harvey. The San Jacinto Greenway, a gorgeous linear park with hike and bike trails haeral,s replaced the Riverview Townhome complex so utterly destroyed by floodwaters in Forest Cove. At exactly 12:16 and 21 seconds, more than a […]

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Northpark Drive Expansion Starting Today

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:23:24 +0000

On 4/13/23 at 8 A.M. sharp, Northpark Drive expansion started after 10 years of planning. Dignitaries gathered in the parking lot of a local business for the groundbreaking ceremony even as surveyors were already working father east and Harper Brothers Construction started prepositioning equipment. This project will make Kingwood safer in the next big flood. […]

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Recommended Floodgates Could Release at Rate of Lake Conroe During Harvey

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 01:42:47 +0000

City of Houston Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin’s office has supplied ReduceFlooding.com with the Black & Veatch Engineering report on the recommended alternative for adding floodgates to Lake Houston. One key finding immediately jumped out at me that wasn’t in Martin’s press release last week. The recommended gates would have a release capacity that virtually […]

Recommended Floodgates Could Release at Rate of Lake Conroe During Harvey

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 01:42:47 +0000

Recommended Floodgates Could Release at Rate of Lake Conroe During Harvey

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 01:42:47 +0000

Recommended Floodgates Could Release at Rate of Lake Conroe During Harvey

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 01:42:47 +0000

City Gets Favorable Ruling on BCR for Lake Houston Gates Project

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 16:55:30 +0000

During Harvey, 16,000 homes and 3,300 businesses in the Lake Houston Area flooded. Local leaders identified the disparity in release capacities between the Lake Conroe and Lake Houston Dams as one of the contributing factors to the severity of flooding. The floodgates on Lake Conroe can release water 15 times faster than the gates on […]

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CWA Exploring Alternate Plan for Adding Lake Houston Dam Gates

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 20:33:25 +0000

Coastal Water Authority (CWA) recently posted minutes from its May 11th board meeting that reveal a possible new direction for adding more flood gates to the Lake Houston Dam. After months of discussing various crest gate alternatives to increase the release capacity of the dam, engineers will now focus on examining two tainter gate alternatives. […]

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Mitigation Update: 3rd Anniversary of First Elm Grove Flood

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 07 May 2022 00:52:55 +0000

Back in 2019, portions of Elm Grove and North Kingwood Forest Villages flooded twice. The first time occurred on May 7th. According to Harris County Flood Control District’s (HCFCD) report on the storm, “A 30-min rate of 2.9 inches was recorded at US 59 and the West Fork of the San Jacinto River and a […]

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Martin Updates Community on Additional Gates for Lake Houston

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:12:15 +0000

Perhaps no flood-mitigation project has generated more interest in the Lake Houston Area recently than the addition of more flood gates to the Lake Houston Dam. In recent months, as engineers worked on the project’s benefit/cost ratio, information about the project became hard to find. That fueled rumors. But Tuesday night, at the Kingwood Community […]

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City De-Silting Channel Under Kingwood Drive Near High School

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 22:49:08 +0000

Last week, the City of Houston started clearing debris from the culverts under Kingwood Drive near Kingwood High School. Local flood-fighter Chris Bloch has been working for years behind the scenes to document drainage issues such as this one and convince local officials to address them. Un-named and Long-Forgotten Tributary Finally Getting Attention One of […]

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City Inspector Finds No Problems At RV Park. 311 Says “Case Closed.” Martin’s Office Says “Not So Fast.”

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 01:44:11 +0000

After photos showed clear construction permit violations at the Laurel Springs RV Resort, a City inspector said he found no problems there. Then, 311 closed the case. But Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin’s office said another group was investigating. Martin’s chief of staff did not elaborate. Discharging Silty Stormwater into County Park On Saturday, I […]

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Special City Meeting Thursday At 2 PM Will Address Multi-Family Housing Flap

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 02:52:06 +0000

City of Houston called a special joint committee meeting for Thursday, October 7, at 2PM between Budget & Fiscal Affairs and Housing and Community Affairs. Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin will chair the meeting. The agenda is scant. It entails a Housing and Community Development “Financial Update” with three speakers: Keith Bynam, Deputy Director, Housing […]

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