flood bond - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/flood-bond/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 15 Sep 2025 01:42:39 +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 flood bond - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/flood-bond/ 32 32 103504436 Harris County Commissioners to Discuss Future of Flood Bond on Thursday https://houstonnewmedia.org/harris-county-commissioners-to-discuss-future-of-flood-bond-on-thursday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harris-county-commissioners-to-discuss-future-of-flood-bond-on-thursday Mon, 15 Sep 2025 01:42:39 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53592 9/14/25 – On Thursday, 9/18/25, Harris County Commissioners Court is scheduled to discuss the future of the 2018 Flood Bond. Again. Item 117 on the agenda says, “Request for discussion and possible action regarding a report from the Flood Control District related to the 2018 Bond Program.” Unfortunately, no report is attached to the agenda. […]

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]]> 1027043 Harris County’s Appalling Lack of Transparency https://houstonnewmedia.org/harris-countys-appalling-lack-of-transparency/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harris-countys-appalling-lack-of-transparency Thu, 12 Jun 2025 23:18:35 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=51801 6/12/25 – As Harris County begins setting its budget for 2026, a number of events have underscored the County’s appalling lack of transparency. For example: Projected $270 Million Shortfall and Tax Increase The County has a mandatory deadline of September 30, 2025 to set its budget for the next fiscal year. And this year won’t […]

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]]> 967451 Austin Bait-and-Switch Lawsuit Could Set Precedent for Harris County https://houstonnewmedia.org/austin-bait-and-switch-lawsuit-could-set-precedent-for-harris-county/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=austin-bait-and-switch-lawsuit-could-set-precedent-for-harris-county Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:40:42 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=42160 On November 7, Brad Johnson published a copyrighted article in The Texan under the headline, “Austin’s Project Connect Challenged for ‘Bait and Switch’ of $11 Billion and Rising Transit Plan.” The subhead reads, “The suit alleges a breach of what voters were originally promised by the city since the tax increase was approved in 2020.” […]

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]]> 686988 Some Projects in Flood Bond Likely Won’t Get Done While Others Not in Bond Will https://houstonnewmedia.org/some-projects-in-flood-bond-likely-wont-get-done-while-others-not-in-bond-will/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=some-projects-in-flood-bond-likely-wont-get-done-while-others-not-in-bond-will Sun, 25 Jun 2023 00:29:14 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=39893 While speaking to a public meeting of the Harris County Community Flood Resilience Task Force, Scott Elmer, the Flood Control District’s new Chief Partnership and Programs Officer, predicted that some projects in the 2018 flood bond likely will not get done because of a funding gap. Elmer made this remark while discussing a list of […]

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]]> 618807 County Approves Another $15 Million for Flood Mitigation in Precincts 1, 2 https://houstonnewmedia.org/county-approves-another-15-million-for-flood-mitigation-in-precincts-1-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=county-approves-another-15-million-for-flood-mitigation-in-precincts-1-2 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:42:43 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36113 On October 25, 2022, the three Democrats on Harris County Commissioners Court approved the expenditure of another $15 million from the Flood Resilience Trust. All the money will be spent to avoid delays on flood mitigation projects in Precincts 1 and 2. This follows an approval on June 28 to spend $85 million on 16 […]

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]]> 459295 Flood Bond, MAAPnext Updates Show Projects Slowing https://houstonnewmedia.org/flood-bond-maapnext-updates-show-projects-slowing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flood-bond-maapnext-updates-show-projects-slowing Fri, 05 Aug 2022 20:59:24 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=34250 Two new updates provided to Harris County Commissioners on Tuesday 8/2/22 show progress on the 2018-flood-bond and MAAPnext slowing compared to previous estimates. Flood-Bond Progress In many ways, the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) Flood-Bond Progress Reports are a model of government transparency. They provide detailed information, even when the news is not all […]

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]]> 396687 May Flood-Bond Update Shows Spending Drought in Lake Houston Area Continues https://houstonnewmedia.org/may-flood-bond-update-shows-spending-drought-in-lake-houston-area-continues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=may-flood-bond-update-shows-spending-drought-in-lake-houston-area-continues Sun, 26 Jun 2022 17:42:52 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=33300 The Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) posted the June 2022 status of 2018 flood-bond expenditures for Commissioners Court last Friday. Among the report’s highlights: the spending drought continues in the Lake Houston Area where only two capital improvement construction projects are active. Their total reported value: $2 thousand. That’s out of more than $235 […]

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]]> 363280 First Quarter 2022 Flood-Mitigation Spending Update, New Equity Formula https://houstonnewmedia.org/first-quarter-2022-flood-mitigation-spending-update-new-equity-formula/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-quarter-2022-flood-mitigation-spending-update-new-equity-formula Wed, 27 Apr 2022 01:44:33 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=32383 In the first quarter of 2022, Harris County Flood Control District spent a total of $84 million. That brought the total of flood mitigation spending since 2000 up to almost $3.8 billion. For the first time since ReduceFlooding.com started tracking these numbers via Freedom of Information Act requests, spending in the Hunting Bayou watershed led […]

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]]> 308105 Harris County Commissioners Court Discusses What to Do with HUD, Flood Resilience Trust Money https://houstonnewmedia.org/harris-county-commissioners-court-discusses-what-to-do-with-hud-flood-resilience-trust-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harris-county-commissioners-court-discusses-what-to-do-with-hud-flood-resilience-trust-money Thu, 07 Apr 2022 02:06:00 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=32058 If you managed to watch Harris County Commissioners Court yesterday, near the end you saw a lively and somewhat confusing discussion of flood mitigation funding. See the video at approximately 6:38:10. Agenda Item 249 was a request by Adrian Garcia to discuss disbursement of the $750 million in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation funds allocated […]

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]]> 288930 Flood Bond Progress: 35% Time Elapsed, 19.4% Money Spent https://houstonnewmedia.org/flood-bond-progress-35-time-elapsed-19-4-money-spent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flood-bond-progress-35-time-elapsed-19-4-money-spent Wed, 30 Mar 2022 22:55:03 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=31907 A February update by Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) on the status of the 2018 Flood Bond showed that 35% of the way into the program (42 out of 120 months), 19.4% of the funds from all sources (including grants and partnerships) had been spent. That percentage was based on $967 million spent out […]

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]]> 283117 “Excluding” Partner Funds Could Lead to Shortfalls in Flood-Mitigation Funding https://houstonnewmedia.org/excluding-partner-funds-could-lead-to-shortfalls-in-flood-mitigation-funding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=excluding-partner-funds-could-lead-to-shortfalls-in-flood-mitigation-funding Tue, 28 Dec 2021 02:18:27 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=30279 The new Harris County Administrator has proposed “excluding” potential partner funds from consideration in the allocation of flood-bond and flood-resilience trust dollars. There’s only one problem with that. Without partnership funds, there won’t nearly be enough money to cover all the proposed flood-mitigation projects in the bond, the trust, or future bonds. The data above […]

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]]> 225324 “Excluding” Partner Funds Could Lead to Shortfalls in Flood-Mitigation Funding https://houstonnewmedia.org/excluding-partner-funds-could-lead-to-shortfalls-in-flood-mitigation-funding-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=excluding-partner-funds-could-lead-to-shortfalls-in-flood-mitigation-funding-2 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 02:18:27 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=30279 The new Harris County Administrator has proposed “excluding” potential partner funds from consideration in the allocation of flood-bond and flood-resilience trust dollars. There’s only one problem with that. Without partnership funds, there won’t nearly be enough money to cover all the proposed flood-mitigation projects in the bond, the trust, or future bonds. The data above […]

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]]> 225325 Flood-Bond Update through End of November 2021 https://houstonnewmedia.org/flood-bond-update-through-end-of-november-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flood-bond-update-through-end-of-november-2021 Tue, 21 Dec 2021 03:23:12 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=30222 At the last meeting of Harris County Commissioners Court, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) released a flood-bond update that shows spending through the end of November 2021. It provides a quick and easy way to see what your money is being spent on and where it is going. This differs from data reported recently […]

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]]> 221580 Move by Dems Could Mean Flood-Bond Projects in Outlying Neighborhoods Never Get Built https://houstonnewmedia.org/move-by-dems-could-mean-flood-bond-projects-in-outlying-neighborhoods-never-get-built/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=move-by-dems-could-mean-flood-bond-projects-in-outlying-neighborhoods-never-get-built Wed, 15 Dec 2021 04:23:32 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=30080 Harris County Commissioners Court considered a motion today by the County Administrator to change the prioritization of flood-bond projects for the fourth time. By a 3-2 party-line vote, they approved a proposal that could soon lead to depriving outlying neighborhoods of flood bond funding. The vote today was preliminary. Before they take a final vote, […]

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]]> 218277 Greens, Halls Bayous Get 26% of All HCFCD Flood-Mitigation Spending Since Harvey https://houstonnewmedia.org/greens-halls-bayous-get-26-of-all-hcfcd-flood-mitigation-spending-since-harvey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=greens-halls-bayous-get-26-of-all-hcfcd-flood-mitigation-spending-since-harvey Mon, 17 May 2021 00:25:02 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=25953 Two watersheds that, according to a political narrative, have gotten no flood-mitigation spending have actually gotten the lion’s share. Information, newly available through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request, reveals that Greens and Halls Bayous have gotten 26.1% of all Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) spending. That’s out of 23 watersheds since Hurricane […]

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]]> 128326 Harris County Commissioners Supplement Flood-Bond Funds with Highway Money to Accelerate Mitigation https://houstonnewmedia.org/harris-county-commissioners-supplement-flood-bond-funds-with-highway-money-to-accelerate-mitigation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harris-county-commissioners-supplement-flood-bond-funds-with-highway-money-to-accelerate-mitigation Wed, 28 Apr 2021 03:07:24 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=25542 Tuesday, Harris County Commissioners Court voted 5-0 to transfer $315 million of toll road revenue, unallocated County road bonds and other county funds to accelerate the construction of certain flood-bond mitigation projects. They will allocate the funds to mitigation projects using the 2018 Flood Bond Prioritization Criteria. Text of Motion Adopted The final language as […]

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]]> 124632 HCFCD Issues Flood Bond Update as of March 30, 2021 https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-issues-flood-bond-update-as-of-march-30-2021-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-issues-flood-bond-update-as-of-march-30-2021-2 Wed, 31 Mar 2021 01:32:29 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=24991 In the March 30, 2021 Harris County Commissioner’s Court Meeting, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) gave a Flood Bond update. Here’s where projects in the 2018 Flood Bond program stand. Overview In the 30 months since the bond was approved by Harris County voters, the Harris County Flood Control District has used bond funds […]

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