Spring Creek - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/spring-creek/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 04 Aug 2025 23:06:02 +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 Spring Creek - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/spring-creek/ 32 32 103504436 SJRA Unveils 10-Year Flood-Mitigation Plan https://houstonnewmedia.org/sjra-unveils-10-year-flood-mitigation-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sjra-unveils-10-year-flood-mitigation-plan Mon, 04 Aug 2025 23:06:02 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=52889 8/4/2025 – The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) has unveiled a ten-year flood-mitigation plan for the river basin. For the most part, it’s built around continuations of previous efforts. Regardless, it’s interesting to see what SJRA hopes to focus on in the future. The plan contains eight main elements: Let’s look at each. Spring Creek […]

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]]> 1000282 MoCo Commissioner Taking Townsen Blvd. Extension Off 2025 Road Bond https://houstonnewmedia.org/moco-commissioner-taking-townsen-blvd-extension-off-2025-road-bond/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moco-commissioner-taking-townsen-blvd-extension-off-2025-road-bond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:14:37 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=50511 4/17/2025 – Montgomery County Precinct 3 Commissioner Ritch Wheeler’s office says he is taking the controversial Townsen Blvd. extension off of the County’s 2025 Road Bond. However, as of 4 P.M. this afternoon, the county’s website does not yet reflect the deletion. The change comes after a Town Hall meeting last night at which the […]

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]]> 940890 MoCo Commissioner Taking Townsen Blvd. Extension Off 2025 Road Bond https://houstonnewmedia.org/moco-commissioner-taking-townsen-blvd-extension-off-2025-road-bond/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moco-commissioner-taking-townsen-blvd-extension-off-2025-road-bond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:14:37 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=50511 4/17/2025 – Montgomery County Precinct 3 Commissioner Ritch Wheeler’s office says he is taking the controversial Townsen Blvd. extension off of the County’s 2025 Road Bond. However, as of 4 P.M. this afternoon, the county’s website does not yet reflect the deletion. The change comes after a Town Hall meeting last night at which the […]

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]]> 940889 Bayou Land Conservancy Ribbon Cutting on Spring Creek https://houstonnewmedia.org/bayou-land-conservancy-ribbon-cutting-on-spring-creek/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bayou-land-conservancy-ribbon-cutting-on-spring-creek Sat, 14 Oct 2023 09:56:12 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=41558 On Friday, 10/13/2023, Bayou Land Conservancy (BLC) staff and board members met with supporters and legislators for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at BLC’s new Arrowwood Preserve on Spring Creek in Tomball west of 249. Land Donated by Two Sand Miners in 2020 The occasion: dedication of a new outdoor classroom for environmental education. Years of work […]

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]]> 675612 Spring Creek Dams Facing Hurdles https://houstonnewmedia.org/spring-creek-dams-facing-hurdles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spring-creek-dams-facing-hurdles Fri, 15 Sep 2023 20:10:59 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=41071 The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA), which is managing a feasibility study on two Spring Creek dams, has run into some unexpected hurdles. They involve the benefit-cost ratio and competing uses for the land. Matt Barrett, PE, the SJRA’s Water Resources and Flood Management Division Manager, updated ReduceFlooding on the status of the project. Project […]

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]]> 660368 A Townsen Bridge Across Spring Creek? https://houstonnewmedia.org/a-townsen-bridge-across-spring-creek/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-townsen-bridge-across-spring-creek Sun, 20 Nov 2022 00:11:20 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36499 Developers are working toward building a bridge over Spring Creek and a road that would connect Townsen Boulevard in Humble with the Grand Parkway in Montgomery County. However, City and County authorities on both sides of the county line say they know nothing tangible about the bridge yet. I’ve talked to several engineers about this […]

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]]> 474654 San Jacinto Flood Planning Group Releases Draft Recommendations https://houstonnewmedia.org/san-jacinto-flood-planning-group-releases-draft-recommendations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=san-jacinto-flood-planning-group-releases-draft-recommendations Mon, 08 Aug 2022 22:44:11 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=34364 The Texas Water Development Board’s Region 6 San Jacinto Flood Planning Group has released the first draft of its recommendations. You can download the full 295-page Volume One document here (executive summary and all chapters). But the vast majority of the document focuses on methodology and research design. For convenience, I’ve extracted Chapter 5, the […]

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]]> 396595 April 7 Meeting on Spring Creek Flood Control Dams https://houstonnewmedia.org/april-7-meeting-on-spring-creek-flood-control-dams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=april-7-meeting-on-spring-creek-flood-control-dams Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:17:57 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=31675 Spring Creek Flood Control Dams are back in the news. The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) recently announced the first of three meetings related to a feasibility study. So save the date – April 7. According to Matt Barrett of the SJRA, this feasibility study is a continuation of the Spring Creek Siting Study which […]

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]]> 278013 West Fork Still Running Siltier Than Spring Creek https://houstonnewmedia.org/west-fork-still-running-siltier-than-spring-creek/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=west-fork-still-running-siltier-than-spring-creek Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:36:29 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=24580 After 3.5 years since Harvey and dozens of helicopter flights up and down the West Fork of the San Jacinto, it never ceases to amaze me. Despite sediment gage readings that say more silt is coming from Spring and Cypress Creeks than the West Fork, the West Fork appears siltier the vast majority of the […]

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