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West Fork Dredging Contract Complete, But Job Far from Over

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 23:28:20 +0000

7/27/25 – Callan Marine is done with its City of Houston West Fork dredging contract. The contract used the last of the FEMA money that U.S. Congressman Dan Crenshaw helped obtain for dredging the West Fork Mouth Bar and the surrounding area after Harvey. The City hired Callan to dredge 800,000 cubic yards from the […]

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Toth, Who Voted Against Warning System, Dredging-District Bills Running Against Crenshaw

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 23:03:28 +0000

7/15/25 – Texas State Representative Steve Toth of Conroe announced today that he will run for U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw’s job next year in the Second Congressional District. But Toth, who is campaigning on protecting our security, has repeatedly voted against it. Toth: Ultra-Right Mr. No Toth voted against HB-13, designed to improve warnings in […]

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West Fork Dredging Placement Area Filling Up

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 02:15:28 +0000

6/21/25 – Callan Marine’s San Jacinto West Fork dredging placement area near Luce Bayou is filling up…rather quickly. The City of Houston began its most recent dredging program with Callan on December 20, 2024 – six months ago. The goal: to move 800,000 cubic yards of sediment out of the river near the headwaters of […]

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Is Downstream Flood Mitigation Keeping Pace with Upstream Development?

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 14 May 2025 22:49:32 +0000

5/14/25 – This morning, I gave a presentation that compared the pace of downstream flood mitigation with the pace of upstream development. Are we gaining or losing ground in the Lake Houston Area? Presentation Connects Many Dots Answering that question requires connecting many dots. Here are the slides from the presentation with my narrative. Offsetting […]

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Dredging Progress on Lake Houston and In Austin!

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 21:55:37 +0000

4/12/25 – Dredging is making progress on Lake Houston and in Austin. The City of Houston’s most recent West Fork dredging program started last December near the channel south of Royal Shores. The channel connects the San Jacinto East and West Forks. Callan Marine is pumping the spoils through the channel, across the East Fork, […]

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The High Cost of Living Downstream from Sand Mines

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 03:08:14 +0000

2/24/25 – Yesterday, I posted pictures and video of a river of muck hundreds of feet wide that has poured out of Hallett Materials 170-acre settling pond into the San Jacinto West Fork…for a full year. Today, I’ll talk about the high cost of living downstream from that situation. But Hallett has even more environmental […]

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89th Texas Legislature Bills Related to Flooding, Dredging, APOs

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:52:19 +0000

1/28/25 – To date, members of the 89th Texas Legislature have introduced more than three dozens bills relating to flooding, dredging, and aggregate production operations (APOs) in Austin this year. The deadline for filing additional bills is Friday, March 14, 2025, 60 days from the start of the session. So, more could follow. But here […]

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Ramsey, Flickinger Discuss Status of Flood Projects

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 03:37:17 +0000

1/16/2025 – Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey, PE, and Distict E Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger discussed the status of numerous flood projects at a meeting of the Kingwood Area Republican Women today at the Oakhurst Golf Club. Among the projects they covered were: Below are the highlights. They also discussed other […]

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New West Fork Dredging Program Off to Fast Start

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:39:46 +0000

1/15/24 – The City of Houston’s latest West Fork Dredging Program appears to be off to a fast start. Dredging began about a month ago and has already filled up approximately 10 percent of the placement area. The program was originally estimated to last two years. Before it’s all over, Callan Marine, the contractor, will […]

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City’s New Dredging Program Launched

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 01:40:53 +0000

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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Flickinger Issues Dredging, Floodgates Updates

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 23:42:33 +0000

12/15/24 – Houston District E City Council Member Fred Flickinger issued a newsletter on 12/11/24. It contains updates on Lake Houston dredging and additional floodgates for the Lake Houston Dam. Dredging Details According to Flickinger, the City’s dredging contractor will begin south of the West Fork-Mouth Bar this week. DRC will remove approximately 800,000 cubic […]

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Ready, Set, Dredge!

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 18:43:36 +0000

11/23/24 – Callan Marine now has a dredge in place to begin the City of Houston’s latest dredging operation. Last month, the City said it hoped its latest Lake Houston dredging program would start in December and now it looks like it will. Callan’s dredge, the General Pershing, is currently anchored on the West Fork […]

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Lake Houston Dredging Program May Still Launch This Year

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:42:36 +0000

11/09/2024 – A 900,000 cubic yard, $34 million Lake Houston dredging program announced in late 2023 may still launch this year, according to District E Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger. Reportedly contributing to delays according to sundry sources at different times and places: Callan Marine has had their dredge, The General Pershing, docked on […]

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West Fork Sand Mine Sending Sediment Downstream from Settling Pond

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 18 May 2024 02:26:04 +0000

5/17/2024 – The Hallett sand mine on the San Jacinto West Fork appears to have dug a trench across the maintenance road of its settling pond to lower the pond’s level. Murky wastewater is draining into the West Fork while the SJRA is currently releasing 10,875 cubic feet per second (CFS) from Lake Conroe in […]

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Area Leaders Meet with GLO Commissioner Buckingham

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:38:55 +0000

Harris County and the Houston area are receiving $863 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) via the Texas General Land Office (GLO) for disaster relief and flood mitigation. So, on Thursday, April 25, 2024, GLO Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham met with a group of Lake-Houston-Area leaders to discuss the area’s […]

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Flickinger Provides Updates On Gates, Dredging, Northpark, More

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:32:15 +0000

City of Houston District E Council Member Fred Flickinger addressed a group of local executives at the Kingwood Country Club this morning. He covered a wide range of topics, both in his talk and during Q&A. They included the status of five flood-related topics for the Lake Houston Area: Floodgate Construction Could Start in ’25 […]

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River Grove Boat Launch Silting In Again

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:27:21 +0000

After being dredged twice since Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the River Grove boat launch is silting in again already. Recently, boaters started sending in pictures of boats that ran aground before reaching the main channel of the San Jacinto West Fork. Increasingly Frequent Need for Dredging The Army Corps dredged the area by the boat launch in […]

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River Grove Boat Launch Silting In Again Already

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:55:54 +0000

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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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Damn the Downstream Consequences, Colony Ridge Expansion Continues Relentlessly

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:57:00 +0000

Damn the downstream consequences, including sediment pollution, dredging costs, and flooding. Colony Ridge, the controversial 30+ square-mile, Liberty County development that markets to Hispanics – while flaunting drainage, environmental and fire regulations – is clearing and paving thousands of additional acres. Not even Google Earth can keep up with the developer’s relentless expansion. As of […]

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