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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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May 26, 2025 Reduce Flooding

Dredging District Bill Goes to Full Senate for Vote on Tuesday

5/27/2025 – The Texas Senate will consider HB1532 on Tuesday 5/27/25. If approved and signed by the governor, Rep. Charles Cunningham’s bill would create a Lake Houston Dredging District. On Monday, the Senate Local Government Committee approved the bill 7-0 after Senator Brandon Creighton testified in favor of the bill. The Committee reported the bill […]

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May 25, 2025 Reduce Flooding

Urgent Help Needed: Lake Houston Dredging District Bill Gets One Last Chance

5/26/25 – The Texas Senate Local Government Committee will hear testimony on HB1532, the Lake Houston Dredging District bill, on Monday, May 26, 2025 – Memorial Day beginning at 9 AM. Most people had given up on the bill and considered it effectively dead for this session. But when I checked this morning, there it […]

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May 4, 2025 Reduce Flooding

Ask Sen. Creighton to Support Lake Houston Dredging District Bill

5/4/25 – A bill by State Rep. Charles Cunningham (HB 1532) that would create a Lake Houston Dredging District has passed overwhelmingly in the House and moved to the Senate. The bill received 114 Yeas and 19 Nays in the House, but has yet to pick up traction in the Senate. Perhaps no other bill […]

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April 12, 2025 Reduce Flooding

Dredging Progress on Lake Houston and In Austin!

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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