Lake Houston Spillway Improvement Project - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/lake-houston-spillway-improvement-project/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Thu, 04 Aug 2022 23:10:24 +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 Lake Houston Spillway Improvement Project - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/lake-houston-spillway-improvement-project/ 32 32 103504436 All Parties Still Focused on Finding Solution for Adding Flood Gates to Lake Houston Dam https://houstonnewmedia.org/all-parties-still-focused-on-finding-solution-for-adding-flood-gates-to-lake-houston-dam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=all-parties-still-focused-on-finding-solution-for-adding-flood-gates-to-lake-houston-dam Thu, 04 Aug 2022 23:10:24 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=34255 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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]]> 391174 CWA Exploring Alternate Plan for Adding Lake Houston Dam Gates https://houstonnewmedia.org/cwa-exploring-alternate-plan-for-adding-lake-houston-dam-gates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cwa-exploring-alternate-plan-for-adding-lake-houston-dam-gates Mon, 04 Jul 2022 20:33:25 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=33527 Coastal Water Authority (CWA) recently posted minutes from its May 11th board meeting that reveal a possible new direction for adding more flood gates to the Lake Houston Dam. After months of discussing various crest gate alternatives to increase the release capacity of the dam, engineers will now focus on examining two tainter gate alternatives. […]

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]]> 368398 Reminder: Floodgate Meeting at Kingwood Community Center on Thursday, July 8 https://houstonnewmedia.org/reminder-floodgate-meeting-at-kingwood-community-center-on-thursday-july-8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reminder-floodgate-meeting-at-kingwood-community-center-on-thursday-july-8 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:31:17 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=27083 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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