Posted on · The Texas Senate is moving fast on bills that would draw $3 billion from the Rainy Day Fund for disaster relief and flood mitigation infrastructure. That’s scant comfort for people who’ve been stuck in toxic homes since September 2017.
Posted on · Some worry the industry made Hurricane Harvey's destruction worse, a claim the industry disputes.
Posted on · The Army Corps of Engineers has allocated nearly $4 billion to the project, which aims to guard Greater Houston against a storm surge from a major hurricane.
Posted on · Harris County is still waiting on about $260 million in flood control funding from applications submitted after Harvey.
Posted on · Stricter building regulations have been passed or are in the works, but plans to harden the Houston region against future storms still have to be funded.
Posted on · The last stretch of the flood control project runs through Meyerland, which Brays Bayou has inundated three times in as many years
Posted on · Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has criticized federal leaders for not including money for flood infrastructure in its previous disaster aid bills, an oversight he calls, “funding for failure”
Posted on · Governor Greg Abbott said he expects the White House will send a supplemental budget request – including funding for flood infrastructure – to Congress by mid-November, just weeks before lawmakers have to pass an omnibus spending bill to avoid a government shutdown