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Reduce Flooding: Bewildering Size of Areas under Diversion-Ditch Bridges

9/12/24 – You would think that as more water flows into a ditch, the area under bridges would get larger. But Chris Bloch, a retired Kingwood engineer with an eye for details that affect flooding, made some startling discoveries recently about the areas under four bridges over the Kingwood Diversion Ditch. Flow areas under two […]

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Reduce Flooding: Preliminary Engineering Contracts Approved for Two Kingwood Drainage Improvements

On June 29, 2021, Harris County Commissioners approved two contracts for preliminary engineering on Taylor Gully and the Kingwood Diversion Ditch. The Taylor Gully project includes looking at Woodridge Village in Montgomery County to possibly expand detention-pond capacity there. See more below. Taylor Gully Project Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) awarded Idcus, Inc. a […]

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Reduce Flooding: HCFCD Taylor Gully Repair Project Approximately One-Third Complete

On January 19, I posted about Harris County Flood Control District’s (HCFCD) second major repair project on Taylor Gully since 2019. Thirty-nine days later, HCFCD has completed about one third of the project. They have now started on the downstream side of the Maple Bend Bridge in Kingwood’s Woodstream Village. Pictures of Work to Date […]

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