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February 28, 2022 Reduce Flooding

Centerpoint Utility Corridor Flooding Below RV Resort

Since development of the Laurel Springs RV Resort started last October, the Centerpoint easement below the development has turned into a small lake. It’s not clear at this point what caused the lake to develop. Several theories come time mind: increased runoff; sediment blocking drains; heavy January rains; poorly drained soils; illegal discharges; or some […]

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January 18, 2022 Reduce Flooding

RV Resort Pumping Stormwater Into Edgewater Park, Bringing in Fill

Lakewood Cove residents reported yesterday and today that contractors at the Laurel Springs RV Resort are pumping stormwater from their detention pond into Precinct 4’s Edgewater Park. The reports are true. And it’s a permit violation. I also found contractors bringing in fill from the outside that I thought was going to be “cut” from […]

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October 30, 2021 Reduce Flooding

In One Week, More Questions than Trees Remain at Site of First Kingwood RV Park

Last week, I started getting barraged by emails from stunned Lakewood Cove residents waking up to the sound of bulldozers and chainsaws. Someone was cutting down 22 acres of trees between them and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks that parallel Loop 494 – for an RV park – without any public notice. I went to […]

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October 27, 2021 Reduce Flooding

RV Park Developer Clearing Land Near Site of Precinct 4’s New Edgewater Park

Higbie Ventures LP, a development company headquartered at 3733 Westheimer, has purchased more than 20 acres immediately north of Harris County Precinct 4’s new Edgewater Park at US59 and the San Jacinto West Fork. Higbie has started clearing land for a recreational vehicle park that would hold 182 RVs. The land sits between the Union […]

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February 26, 2021 Reduce Flooding

RV Park Being Built in Luce Bayou Floodway, Floodplain

An angry Houstonian wrote me earlier this week about a new RV park. It lies mostly in the floodway of Luce Bayou next to Huffman/Cleveland Road – near rotting shells of abandoned homes, repeatedly flooded. This is inside the City of Houston. So the City permitted it, not Harris County. “The Retreat” Will Debut This […]

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