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Save the Date: Median Madness Round 4 Scheduled for November 15

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 02:28:15 +0000

11/6/25 – Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger has scheduled another round of Median Madness for November 15. The focus this time will be a stretch of Northpark near the Kroger at the intersection with West Lake Houston Parkway. Median Madness events not only beautify Kingwood medians, they improve traffic safety by improving visibility and […]

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Median Madness Volunteers Made a Huge Difference … Again

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:32:16 +0000

10/19/2025 – Yesterday, dozens of volunteers from across Kingwood joined together to make a huge difference in Median Madness Round 3. Young and old, male and female, Republicans and Democrats, they all worked side by side. For the good of their community, they attacked a stretch of Northpark Drive where vines and tree limbs had […]

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Median Madness Round 3 Coming October 18

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 20:23:29 +0000

10/9/25 – Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger has scheduled another Median Madness event for Saturday October 18 from 8:30 to noon along Northpark Drive between Forest Bluff and Bassingham Drives. Join District E, Trees for Kingwood and Houston Parks for a community cleanup of the medians in Kingwood! It will involve picking up trash […]

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Flickinger Explains Vote on Disaster-Recovery Funds

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:30:21 +0000

9/2/2025 – The following is reprinted from Houston District E City Council Member Fred Flickinger’s newsletter. It relates to the purchase of backup generators to keep critical city facilities such as sewage treatment plants, running when power goes out during storms. This issue has plagued the Lake Houston Area. “In August, City Council approved the […]

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Flickinger Provides Updates on Lake Houston Gates, Dredging District

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:05:41 +0000

6/18/25 – While speaking to the Kingwood Executive Group this morning, Houston District E City Council Member Fred Flickinger reassured members that the project to add more flood gates to the Lake Houston Dam was on track. He said that the engineering and environmental survey work should be completed by the end of this year […]

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Flickinger Issues Updates on Multiple Lake Houston Dam Issues

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 23:25:49 +0000

3/8/25 – Houston District E City Council Member Fred Flickinger’s March newsletter contained updates on several Lake Houston Dam projects. Floodgate Update Adding more and bigger floodgates to the Lake Houston Dam will let the City lower lake levels faster in advance of major storms to reduce flood risk. According to Flickinger, Phase II of […]

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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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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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Planning a Better, Faster Recovery from the Next Storm

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 22:43:44 +0000

8/3/24 – Yesterday was a start. Kingwood residents and political leaders met in several areas hard hit by Hurricane Beryl to discuss ways to improve recovery efforts. The idea: to start a dialog about steps that Houston Public Works, CenterPoint, community leaders, and residents can take together to reduce disruptions from future flooding and power […]

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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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February ’24 Northpark Expansion Update Including Lane Closures

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 22:51:07 +0000

In the past two weeks, construction activity for the Northpark expansion project has focused primarily on the ponds at US59 that will double as detention basins. However, progress has also been made farther east. CenterPoint has been busy relocating gas lines. Contractors now have signed right-of-entry permits to UnionPacific (UP) property. And they have been […]

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