HCFCD - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/hcfcd/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:59:48 +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 HCFCD - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/hcfcd/ 32 32 103504436 100-Year Floodplains Doubling in Size, But HCFCD Won’t Release New Maps https://houstonnewmedia.org/100-year-floodplains-doubling-in-size-but-hcfcd-wont-release-new-maps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=100-year-floodplains-doubling-in-size-but-hcfcd-wont-release-new-maps Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:59:48 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=54470 11/10/25 – The Texas Water Development Board’s San Jacinto Regional Flood Planning Group will meet on Thursday, November 13, to consider adopting a technical memorandum that shows the river basin’s 100-year floodplains more than doubling in size. However, even though the group acknowledges the superiority of Harris County Flood Control District’s (HCFCD) MAAPnext floodplain models, […]

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]]> 1060783 HCFCD Construction Spending Continues to Plummet https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-construction-spending-continues-to-plummet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-construction-spending-continues-to-plummet Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:48:38 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=54217 10/26/25 – Harris County Flood Control District construction spending has plummeted in recent years along with total spending. And a leading indicator – construction contract awards – doesn’t show much hope for improvement anytime soon. Numbers Tell the Story I’ve posted before about the decline in total spending. It ramped up sharply after voters approved […]

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]]> 1052202 Weird Nephew Izzy Has Fix for HCFCD Slowdown https://houstonnewmedia.org/weird-nephew-izzy-has-fix-for-hcfcd-slowdown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weird-nephew-izzy-has-fix-for-hcfcd-slowdown Wed, 08 Oct 2025 21:49:44 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53955 More than four years after being awarded almost a billion dollars in HUD money for more than 30 flood mitigation and disaster recovery projects, Harris County Flood Control District has actually started building only one of the jobs. If it misses rapidly approaching deadlines, it could lose the money, a fact that has not escaped […]

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]]> 1040600 HCFCD Launches New Flood-Bond Dashboard https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-launches-new-flood-bond-dashboard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-launches-new-flood-bond-dashboard Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:21:07 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53680 9/18/25 – Just-in-Time Data! Harris County Commissioners have been begging for up-to-date information about the 2018 Flood Bond since February. Today, they will see a new Flood Bond Dashboard. It should enable them to make better, more timely decisions about flood-bond projects. At times in the last few months, Commissioners requests became both blunt and […]

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]]> 1028999 HCFCD Launches New Flood-Bond Dashboard https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-launches-new-flood-bond-dashboard-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-launches-new-flood-bond-dashboard-2 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:21:07 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53680 9/18/25 – Just-in-Time Data! Harris County Commissioners have been begging for up-to-date information about the 2018 Flood Bond since February. Today, they will see a new Flood Bond Dashboard. It should enable them to make better, more timely decisions about flood-bond projects. At times in the last few months, Commissioners requests became both blunt and […]

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]]> 1029000 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 Flood Insurance Rate Maps Slip for Fourth Straight Year https://houstonnewmedia.org/flood-insurance-rate-maps-slip-for-fourth-straight-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flood-insurance-rate-maps-slip-for-fourth-straight-year Sun, 07 Sep 2025 02:05:34 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53470 9/6/2025 – On August 26, 2025, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) transmitted an update to Commissioners Court on the release of new flood insurance rate maps. The update showed the release date slipping yet again. This makes at least the seventh postponement in four years. The amount of time it’s taking FEMA to vet […]

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]]> 1022216 Leadership Crisis in Harris County Government https://houstonnewmedia.org/leadership-crisis-in-harris-county-government/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leadership-crisis-in-harris-county-government Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:22:16 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=52927 8/7/25 – Lina Hidalgo threw another temper tantrum in Commissioners Court today, left and never returned. She also received a censure from her colleagues on Court. Worse, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) seems adrift. Current HCFCD leadership seems to have no sense of urgency. Eight years after Harvey, less than a quarter of flood-bond […]

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]]> 1002312 HCFCD SAFER Study will Cover Half of Harris County https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-safer-study-will-cover-half-of-harris-county/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-safer-study-will-cover-half-of-harris-county Wed, 06 Aug 2025 19:31:08 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=52915 8/6/25 – Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) has initiated a large-scale study called SAFER that will involve 11 of the county’s 23 watersheds and benefit two others – Addicks and Barker. SAFER stands for “Solutions for Advancing Floodplain Evaluation and Resilience.” The map below shows the study area. The study does not include the […]

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]]> 1001506 HCFCD Releases White Paper on Flood-Tunnel Pilot Program https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-releases-white-paper-on-flood-tunnel-pilot-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-releases-white-paper-on-flood-tunnel-pilot-program Tue, 05 Aug 2025 23:01:09 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=52907 8/5/25 – Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) has released a high-level white paper on a flood-tunnel pilot program that could cost several billion dollars. The 15-page white paper lays out a starting point for implementation of the 1,860-page Phase II engineering study released by Black & Veatch in March 2022. The pilot project would […]

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]]> 1000931 Can HCFCD Finish DR Projects Worth $323 Million Before Deadline? https://houstonnewmedia.org/can-hcfcd-finish-dr-projects-worth-323-million-before-deadline/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-hcfcd-finish-dr-projects-worth-323-million-before-deadline Mon, 04 Aug 2025 03:23:35 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=52866 8/3/2025 – HCFCD is running out of time to bid and complete Community Development Block Grant Disaster Relief projects before a firm and looming deadline. The county could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in aid if it misses the deadline. Yet, it won’t even bid most of the projects for months. Where Has the […]

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]]> 999922 Why You Still Live with Higher Flood Risk than Necessary https://houstonnewmedia.org/why-you-still-live-with-higher-flood-risk-than-necessary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-you-still-live-with-higher-flood-risk-than-necessary Mon, 21 Jul 2025 02:13:00 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=52608 7/18/2025 – Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) under the county’s current Democratic leadership has not put a high priority on improving flood risk in the San Jacinto watershed. That’s despite the fact that the San Jacinto had the highest flooding in Harris County during Harvey. And almost half of the deaths due to Harvey […]

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]]> 991091 Correction to Revised 2025 First-Quarter Flood-Bond Update Story https://houstonnewmedia.org/correction-to-revised-2025-first-quarter-flood-bond-update-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=correction-to-revised-2025-first-quarter-flood-bond-update-story Mon, 14 Jul 2025 23:02:31 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=52563 7/14/25 – I incorrectly reported four totals in my 7/12/25 story about the revised 2025 first-quarter, flood-bond update. I would like to set the record straight. I would also like to apologize to people at the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) and my readers. I take great pains to present accurate, reliable information that […]

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]]> 987669 Commissioners Clarify Stance on Flood-Bond Partnership-Project Funding https://houstonnewmedia.org/commissioners-clarify-stance-on-flood-bond-partnership-project-funding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commissioners-clarify-stance-on-flood-bond-partnership-project-funding Fri, 11 Jul 2025 02:01:56 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=52478 7/10/25 – In today’s Harris County Commissioners Court meeting, the Court clarified its stance on funding flood-bond partnership projects in the face of spending cuts announced in the last meeting. Commissioners revisited a vote on a motion from their 6/26/25 meeting that cast doubt over completion of 80% of the projects in the 2018 flood […]

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]]> 985079 HCFCD Data Shows Spending Going Up and Down Simultaneously https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-data-shows-spending-going-up-and-down-simultaneously/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-data-shows-spending-going-up-and-down-simultaneously Wed, 02 Jul 2025 03:16:39 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=52191 7/1/25 – Disclaimer: This post will make your head swim; but it’s better than drowning in the next flood. Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) data presented to the public differs radically from data presented to commissioners last week. One audience sees spending going up. The other sees spending going down. Commissioners used questionable data […]

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]]> 978836 With 25% Funding Shortfall, 80% of Flood-Bond Projects Cut https://houstonnewmedia.org/with-25-funding-shortfall-80-of-flood-bond-projects-cut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=with-25-funding-shortfall-80-of-flood-bond-projects-cut Sun, 29 Jun 2025 04:35:12 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=52112 6/29/25 – Analysis of documents released after the Harris County Commissioner’s Court meeting on 6/26/25, shows that because of a claimed 25% funding shortfall the county will cut 80% of the projects in the bond. Before the meeting, the county had released only one blank page about what turned out to be the disappearance of […]

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]]> 976898 Why HCFCD’s Report on Remaining Flood-Bond Funds is One Blank Page https://houstonnewmedia.org/why-hcfcds-report-on-remaining-flood-bond-funds-is-one-blank-page/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-hcfcds-report-on-remaining-flood-bond-funds-is-one-blank-page Wed, 25 Jun 2025 22:47:59 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=52023 6/25/2025 – On February 7, 2025, Harris County commissioners, expressed concerns about budget shortfalls in flood-bond and subdivision drainage projects. They asked Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) for an accounting of where the money went and how much was left. One hundred and thirty-eight days later, after missing repeated deadlines, HCFCD filed the report […]

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]]> 974581 HCFCD to Unveil Final Design of Woodridge/Taylor Gully Project on July 1 https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-to-unveil-final-design-of-woodridge-taylor-gully-project-on-july-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-to-unveil-final-design-of-woodridge-taylor-gully-project-on-july-1 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:44:37 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=51933 6/20/25 – Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) has announced that it will unveil the final design of the Woodridge/Taylor Gully Project in Kingwood on July 1. Based on preliminary engineering, HCFCD applied to the the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) via the Texas General Land Office for a grant of $42 […]

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]]> 971644 HCFCD Briefs Community on Last Cypress Creek Major Maintenance Project https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-briefs-community-on-last-cypress-creek-major-maintenance-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-briefs-community-on-last-cypress-creek-major-maintenance-project Wed, 18 Jun 2025 03:37:06 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=51883 6/27/25 – In a virtual public meeting tonight, the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) briefed the public on the last Cypress Creek Major Maintenance Project associated with the 2018 Flood Bond. The project name: Cypress Creek Channel Rehabilitation and Stormwater Detention Basin, Main Stem, Batch 5. Batch 5 consists of two smaller packages: Currently, […]

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]]> 971073 Flash flooding possible on Houston streets, HCFCD warns. Here’s where https://houstonnewmedia.org/flash-flooding-possible-on-houston-streets-hcfcd-warns-heres-where-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flash-flooding-possible-on-houston-streets-hcfcd-warns-heres-where-2 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:42:34 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=ab21d7c967ba45989289137ceef696e0 Thursday's storms pushed into Conroe, Houston, and Sugar Land around 6 a.m., significantly slowing down morning commutes. ... After Texas closed ...

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