Taylor Gully - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/taylor-gully/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Tue, 11 Mar 2025 01:29:09 +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 Taylor Gully - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/taylor-gully/ 32 32 103504436 HCFCD Calls Projects Complete that Have Not Even Started https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-calls-projects-complete-that-have-not-even-started/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-calls-projects-complete-that-have-not-even-started Tue, 11 Mar 2025 01:29:09 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=49671 3/10/25 – In the last week, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) launched a new interactive map at the bottom of its homepage. In it, HCFCD calls many projects complete that have not even started. The map supposedly contains the status of each project in the county along with links to more project details. However, […]

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]]> 916722 HCFCD Recommends Projects for $863 Million in HUD Funding https://houstonnewmedia.org/hcfcd-recommends-projects-for-863-million-in-hud-funding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hcfcd-recommends-projects-for-863-million-in-hud-funding Sat, 25 Jan 2025 22:49:26 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=48818 1/25/25 – Yesterday, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) released two lists of projects proposed for $863 million in funding. The lists correspond to Community Development Block Grants for Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) and Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) programs from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). The Texas General Land Office (GLO) administers the funds […]

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]]> 888554 Ramsey, Flickinger Discuss Status of Flood Projects https://houstonnewmedia.org/ramsey-flickinger-discuss-status-of-flood-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ramsey-flickinger-discuss-status-of-flood-projects Fri, 17 Jan 2025 03:37:17 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=48716 1/16/2025 – Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey, PE, and Distict E Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger discussed the status of numerous flood projects at a meeting of the Kingwood Area Republican Women today at the Oakhurst Golf Club. Among the projects they covered were: Below are the highlights. They also discussed other […]

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]]> 883441 Potential Funding Problem for Taylor Gully Mitigation Project https://houstonnewmedia.org/potential-funding-problem-for-taylor-gully-mitigation-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=potential-funding-problem-for-taylor-gully-mitigation-project Thu, 10 Oct 2024 23:22:56 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=47365 10/10/24 – Buried within a Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) eight-page status report submitted to Commissioners Court last Tuesday is a potential conflict that could torpedo Taylor Gully conveyance improvements. Taylor Gully is the lone Kingwood project that HCFCD submitted to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Texas General Land […]

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]]> 830813 Harris County Changes Proposed Project Lists for HUD Funding https://houstonnewmedia.org/harris-county-changes-proposed-project-lists-for-hud-funding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harris-county-changes-proposed-project-lists-for-hud-funding Tue, 23 Apr 2024 23:20:32 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=44490 In a transmittal to Harris County Commissioners Court today, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) updated commissioners on how it hopes to spend $863 million in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds. Two projects in the Kingwood Area remain funding priorities: Taylor Gully Channel Improvements and Woodridge Village Stormwater Detention. However, the […]

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]]> 757505 Crenshaw Secures Funding for 10 Lake Houston Area Projects https://houstonnewmedia.org/crenshaw-secures-funding-for-10-lake-houston-area-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crenshaw-secures-funding-for-10-lake-houston-area-projects Thu, 04 Apr 2024 17:14:52 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=44230 Congressman Dan Crenshaw has helped secure Federal funding that supports 10 Lake Houston Area projects. Crenshaw submitted requests for the earmarks in 2023. After review by several different congressional committees, some of the earmark requests were modified and some sailed through for the full amounts. The table below shows requested and approved amounts. Project Originally […]

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]]> 746329 Woodridge Village Excavation and Removal Contract Ends https://houstonnewmedia.org/woodridge-village-excavation-and-removal-contract-ends/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woodridge-village-excavation-and-removal-contract-ends Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:04:33 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=42457 (Note: Within an hour of posting this, I received additional information from a source familiar with Federal grants and have updated the section on Funding below.) Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) and Sprint Sand & Clay have ended their Woodridge Village excavation and removal (E&R) contract. As of Friday afternoon, 11/24/23, Sprint had removed […]

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]]> 694186 Nine Crenshaw Flood-Related Earmark Requests Approved by Various House Committees https://houstonnewmedia.org/nine-crenshaw-flood-related-earmark-requests-approved-by-various-house-committees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nine-crenshaw-flood-related-earmark-requests-approved-by-various-house-committees Mon, 24 Jul 2023 17:08:54 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=40191 U.S. Congressman Dan Crenshaw made nine flood-related earmark requests for 2024. And according to his office, several House of Representative Committees have approved all nine. They include: A committee also approved a request by Crenshaw NOT related to flooding – $1.65M for the Montgomery County Active Shooter Defense Training Facility. That means all 10 of […]

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]]> 634944 Public Comment Period on Taylor Gully-Woodridge Village Plan Open to December 28 https://houstonnewmedia.org/public-comment-period-on-taylor-gully-woodridge-village-plan-open-to-december-28/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-comment-period-on-taylor-gully-woodridge-village-plan-open-to-december-28 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:43:58 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36804 Last night, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) revealed its long-awaited recommendations to reduce flood risk along Taylor Gully. The recommendations involve channel improvements, another Woodridge Village stormwater detention basin, and a new bridge at Rustling Elms. HCFCD is seeking public comment on the plan through December 28, 2022. Outline of Recommended Alternative Excessive runoff […]

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]]> 495702 Public Comment Period on Taylor Gully-Woodridge Village Plan Open to December 28 https://houstonnewmedia.org/public-comment-period-on-taylor-gully-woodridge-village-plan-open-to-december-28-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-comment-period-on-taylor-gully-woodridge-village-plan-open-to-december-28-2 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:43:58 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36804 Last night, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) revealed its long-awaited recommendations to reduce flood risk along Taylor Gully. The recommendations involve channel improvements, another Woodridge Village stormwater detention basin, and a new bridge at Rustling Elms. HCFCD is seeking public comment on the plan through December 28, 2022. Outline of Recommended Alternative Excessive runoff […]

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]]> 495705 Public Comment Period on Taylor Gully-Woodridge Village Plan Open to December 28 https://houstonnewmedia.org/public-comment-period-on-taylor-gully-woodridge-village-plan-open-to-december-28/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-comment-period-on-taylor-gully-woodridge-village-plan-open-to-december-28 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:43:58 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36804 Last night, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) revealed its long-awaited recommendations to reduce flood risk along Taylor Gully. The recommendations involve channel improvements, another Woodridge Village stormwater detention basin, and a new bridge at Rustling Elms. HCFCD is seeking public comment on the plan through December 28, 2022. Outline of Recommended Alternative Excessive runoff […]

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]]> 495703 Public Comment Period on Taylor Gully-Woodridge Village Plan Open to December 28 https://houstonnewmedia.org/public-comment-period-on-taylor-gully-woodridge-village-plan-open-to-december-28-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-comment-period-on-taylor-gully-woodridge-village-plan-open-to-december-28-2 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:43:58 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36804 Last night, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) revealed its long-awaited recommendations to reduce flood risk along Taylor Gully. The recommendations involve channel improvements, another Woodridge Village stormwater detention basin, and a new bridge at Rustling Elms. HCFCD is seeking public comment on the plan through December 28, 2022. Outline of Recommended Alternative Excessive runoff […]

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]]> 495704 Last Reminder: Taylor Gully Meeting Wednesday 6:30 p.m. https://houstonnewmedia.org/last-reminder-taylor-gully-meeting-wednesday-630-p-m/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=last-reminder-taylor-gully-meeting-wednesday-630-p-m Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:13:40 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36796 Harris County Flood Control District will hold a virtual Taylor Gully meeting Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. Purpose: to discuss the findings of its plan to reduce flood risk along Taylor Gully. Register at: PublicInput.com/taylor. To learn more about the project scope, see this post. It discusses the related effort to virtually double […]

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]]> 495730 Save the Date: HCFCD Releases Details of Taylor Gully Meeting https://houstonnewmedia.org/save-the-date-hcfcd-releases-details-of-taylor-gully-meeting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=save-the-date-hcfcd-releases-details-of-taylor-gully-meeting Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:25:16 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36731 On Dec. 2, I printed a story about an upcoming virtual community meeting on Taylor Gully. At the time, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) had not yet released details yet on how to attend. They have now. See their press release below. Please share it with family, friends and neighbors if you live anywhere […]

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]]> 489118 Taylor Gully-Woodridge Village Meeting Scheduled for Dec. 14 https://houstonnewmedia.org/taylor-gully-woodridge-village-meeting-scheduled-for-dec-14/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=taylor-gully-woodridge-village-meeting-scheduled-for-dec-14 Fri, 02 Dec 2022 21:56:06 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36680 The Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) has scheduled a community meeting to reveal the results of an engineering study of the Taylor Gully watershed and Woodridge Village, the aborted development that flooded Elm Grove and North Kingwood Forest twice in 2019. The virtual meeting will be on: Two Related Efforts Because Woodridge Village sits […]

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]]> 484191 Woodridge Village Excavation, Taylor Gully Updates https://houstonnewmedia.org/woodridge-village-excavation-taylor-gully-updates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woodridge-village-excavation-taylor-gully-updates Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:00:17 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36134 Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) says that, as of 10/31/22, Sprint Sand and Clay has hauled off 66,094 cubic yards of dirt from Woodridge Village. That means, despite the slowing real estate market, that the company has exceeded its Excavation and Removal contract minimum within nine months of the first year. Objective of Excavation […]

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]]> 459293 New Woodridge Village Detention Basin About 12% Excavated, Engineering Study Almost Done https://houstonnewmedia.org/new-woodridge-village-detention-basin-about-12-excavated-engineering-study-almost-done/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-woodridge-village-detention-basin-about-12-excavated-engineering-study-almost-done Fri, 30 Sep 2022 23:09:32 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=35526 A new Woodridge Village Stormwater Detention Basin that could almost double detention capacity on the site continues to move forward slowly as housing starts slow. The trend at Woodridge seems consistent with other excavation and removal (E&R) contracts countywide. Meanwhile, the first draft of a preliminary engineering study for the Woodridge site and Taylor Gully […]

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]]> 438435 Mitigation Update: 3rd Anniversary of First Elm Grove Flood https://houstonnewmedia.org/mitigation-update-3rd-anniversary-of-first-elm-grove-flood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mitigation-update-3rd-anniversary-of-first-elm-grove-flood Sat, 07 May 2022 00:52:55 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=32535 Back in 2019, portions of Elm Grove and North Kingwood Forest Villages flooded twice. The first time occurred on May 7th. According to Harris County Flood Control District’s (HCFCD) report on the storm, “A 30-min rate of 2.9 inches was recorded at US 59 and the West Fork of the San Jacinto River and a […]

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]]> 321725 Sinkholes Often Sign of Damaged Storm Drains https://houstonnewmedia.org/sinkholes-often-sign-of-damaged-storm-drains/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sinkholes-often-sign-of-damaged-storm-drains Wed, 29 Sep 2021 21:40:18 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=28540 Most of us have seen sinkholes. And most of us have probably given little thought to what causes them. Retired engineer Chris Bloch, a local flood fighter, found a 13-foot deep sinkhole near Taylor Gulley earlier this year that had become overgrown with vegetation. He immediately suspected a damaged storm drain nearby. Other things can […]

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]]> 175572 Kingwood Diversion Ditch and Taylor Gully Preliminary Engineering Projects Begin https://houstonnewmedia.org/kingwood-diversion-ditch-and-taylor-gully-preliminary-engineering-projects-begin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kingwood-diversion-ditch-and-taylor-gully-preliminary-engineering-projects-begin Wed, 04 Aug 2021 19:00:28 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=27549 On June 29, 2021, Harris County Commissioners approved two contracts for preliminary engineering on the Kingwood Diversion Ditch and Taylor Gully Projects. This week, I’ve been getting reports of boots on the ground. So I grabbed my camera and went looking for activity this morning. I found a soil survey truck at Kingwood Drive next […]

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