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Development of Edgewater Park Restarting

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 21:51:02 +0000

According to Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey, PE, “Exciting plans are in motion for Edgewater Park in Kingwood!” Ramsey’s most recent newsletter says that starting in 2026, visitors can look forward to: “And that’s just the beginning,” says Ramsey. “This is only Phase One of a three-phase project!” Future improvements will bring: Plans to […]

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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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Harris County Precinct 3 Rethinking Edgewater Park

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 23 May 2023 20:55:28 +0000

There’s been a lot of water under the I-69 bridge since Harris County acquired the old privately owned Edgewater Park on the San Jacinto West Fork almost five years ago. The county intended to start construction of a new bigger, better, public park with more amenities in 2019. The idea: turn floodway and floodplain land […]

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Water Flowing Uphill at Laurel Springs RV Resort

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 00:23:46 +0000

Quick, somebody call Ripley. Against all odds, water appears to be flowing uphill at the Laurel Springs RV Resort. Is this an optical delusion? Or could something else be going on here? Could water actually be leaking through the dike? Location of Buried Pipe Back in January, contractors dug a trench through the dike and […]

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August Flood Digest: Brief Summaries of Nine Items in the News

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 00:46:43 +0000

Here’s a short digest of nine flood-related items in the news this month. Fifth Anniversary of Harvey This month marks the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey. It’s hard to pinpoint an exact day for Harvey. The system moved off of Africa on August 13, 2017. It became a tropical storm on the 17th; moved into […]

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RV Resort Contractor Cut Down Trees in County’s Edgewater Park

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 01:22:45 +0000

The contractors for the Laurel Springs RV Resort west of Lakewood Cove got a little overzealous with bulldozers. They killed up to 50 feet of mature trees in Harris County Precinct 4’s Edgewater Park along the entire property line. TCEQ and County inspectors visited the site last week and documented problems. According to one resident, […]

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RV Resort Pumping Stormwater Into Edgewater Park, Bringing in Fill

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 02:33:43 +0000

Lakewood Cove residents reported yesterday and today that contractors at the Laurel Springs RV Resort are pumping stormwater from their detention pond into Precinct 4’s Edgewater Park. The reports are true. And it’s a permit violation. I also found contractors bringing in fill from the outside that I thought was going to be “cut” from […]

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New Bayou Greenway Now Connects Kingwood, Forest Cove

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:49:21 +0000

The Houston Parks Board’s newest leg of the San Jacinto Bayou Greenway is nearing completion. Construction started near River Grove Park in Kingwood and is working its way west toward Harris County Precinct 4’s new Edgewater Park at US59. First Leg Now Concreted, Others Under Construction The first leg of the concrete trail connects River […]

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Harris County Commissioners Approve Two Projects That Could Benefit Humble-Kingwood Area

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 23:55:38 +0000

Harris County Commissioners Court unanimously approved two items on today’s agenda that could eventually benefit the Humble/Kingwood Area. #60 Recommendation to execute a Partnership Agreement with TXDoT for preliminary engineering and environmental review for a railroad grade separation on Hamblen Road, from Loop 494 to Laurel Springs Lane. #83 Authorization to negotiate an interlocal agreement […]

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Construction of Long-Awaited Edgewater Park to Begin in 2021

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 20:47:23 +0000

Andy Li and Kelly Schafler reported in Community Impact that Harris County Precinct 4 should begin construction on Phase 1 of Edgewater Park by mid-2021. Phase 1 includes a 19-acre park, parking lot, boat launch, fish-cleaning station, restroom, concession building, and detention pond. Cost: $2.3 million. Location: Between Hamblen Road and the San Jacinto West […]

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