fill - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/fill/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 28 Oct 2024 03:25:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 fill - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/fill/ 32 32 103504436 Concerns About Fill Height in New Atascocita Development https://houstonnewmedia.org/concerns-about-fill-height-in-new-atascocita-development/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=concerns-about-fill-height-in-new-atascocita-development Mon, 28 Oct 2024 03:25:40 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=47616 10/27/24 – Meritage Homes of Texas LLC has placed an estimated 5 feet of fill above street level in Phase 1 of its new development in Atascocita. The height has raised concerns among surrounding residents, who fear that runoff from the Meritage site could flood them. It’s hard to see the interior of the site […]

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]]> 837332 Flood-Mapping Changes Recommended to FEMA https://houstonnewmedia.org/flood-mapping-changes-recommended-to-fema/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flood-mapping-changes-recommended-to-fema Wed, 27 Dec 2023 20:02:52 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=42862 On October 30, 2023, the Technical Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) recommended that FEMA implement six flood mapping changes. The objectives: SFHA and FPA Definition Recommendations FEMA currently defines a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) as land “subject to a 1 percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year.” The SFHA may contain several […]

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]]> 705588 RV Resort Pumping Stormwater Into Edgewater Park, Bringing in Fill https://houstonnewmedia.org/rv-resort-pumping-stormwater-into-edgewater-park-bringing-in-fill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rv-resort-pumping-stormwater-into-edgewater-park-bringing-in-fill Wed, 19 Jan 2022 02:33:43 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=30779 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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