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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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Last-Minute Funding Breathes New Life into Lake Houston Gates Project

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 25 May 2023 21:54:59 +0000

The project to install more flood gates on the Lake Houston Dam has resulted in more nail-biting than a Steven Spielberg movie. Perhaps no project inspired more hope among flood-weary home- and business owners in the San Jacinto watershed. Importance is high, but the costs turned out far higher than expected and dollars proved hard […]

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Lack of Support in Legislature Putting Lake Houston Gates Project in Danger

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 17 May 2023 20:28:05 +0000

Lack of support by the Texas State legislature is putting the project to add more floodgates to the Lake Houston dam in danger. Right now, money is not in the appropriations bill for the next two years. And if we have to wait for another two years, the initial $50 million committed by FEMA to […]

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City Gets Favorable Ruling on BCR for Lake Houston Gates Project

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 16:55:30 +0000

During Harvey, 16,000 homes and 3,300 businesses in the Lake Houston Area flooded. Local leaders identified the disparity in release capacities between the Lake Conroe and Lake Houston Dams as one of the contributing factors to the severity of flooding. The floodgates on Lake Conroe can release water 15 times faster than the gates on […]

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All Parties Still Focused on Finding Solution for Adding Flood Gates to Lake Houston Dam

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 23:10:24 +0000

Initial options that the City of Houston explored for adding more flood gates to the Lake Houston Dam struggled to achieve a high enough Benefit/Cost Ratio. However, all parties involved are still hopeful that a solution can be found. They are now evaluating yet another option. It would add gates in the earthen (eastern) portion […]

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Will Redistricting Affect Flood-Mitigation Priorities?

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:56:47 +0000

The recent redistricting of Harris County precincts could not have been more disruptive. More than half the county’s residents changed both precincts and commissioners. Can you say, “Tossed Salad”? It will take some time to work this out. In the meantime, “Many are asking how will new precinct boundaries affect flood-mitigation priorities?” We’ve already seen […]

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Reminder: Floodgate Meeting at Kingwood Community Center on Thursday, July 8

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:31:17 +0000

On Thursday, July 8, Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin will host a pubic meeting to discuss the status of adding more floodgates to the Lake Houston Dam. Preliminary engineering finished earlier this year. In March, the Coastal Water Authority board approved Black & Veatch to begin final engineering. Need for More Gates The Lake Houston […]

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May 2021 Gate Project Update for Lake Houston Dam

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 12 May 2021 17:28:35 +0000

In its March 10th board meeting, the Coastal Water Authority (CWA) accepted the recommendation of a preliminary engineering report to add one thousand feet of crest gates to the uncontrolled spillway portion the Lake Houston Dam. The additional release capacity would let operators shed water faster before, during or after major storms to reduce the […]

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January Digest of Flood-Related News in Lake Houston Area

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 19:35:23 +0000

From construction developments to political developments, here’s your January digest of ten stories that could affect flooding or flood mitigation in the Lake Houston Area. 1. New Caney ISD High School #3 This site is located between Sorters-McClellan Road and US59 south of the HCA Kingwood Medical Center. New Caney ISD is building a new […]

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