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The Harris County Flood Control District (the District) is a special purpose district created by the Texas Legislature in 1937 and governed by Harris County Commissioners Court. The District was created in response to devastating floods that struck the region in 1929 and 1935. The District's jurisdictional boundaries are set to coincide with Harris County, a community of more than 4.5 million people (2015) that includes the City of Houston. The other boundaries in which we operate - those provided by nature - are of the 22 primary watersheds within Harris County's 1,777 square miles. Each watershed has its own independent flooding problems. Each watershed presents unique challenges.
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I have a question for Gary Zika and the Project Brays team. With the renovation work on Buffalo Speedway to occur, the additional water flows into Poor Farm Ditch and into Brays is or is not offset by detention capacity added? After reading about the Buffalo Speedway rebuilding project and the new 8 foot square stormwater lines, which dump into Poor Farm Ditch. Where is the offsets for increased flow into Brays?
HCFCD, Can you explain how this was allowed to happen.
https://www.golfchannel.com/news/future-bright-houston-open-memorial-park-move?fbclid=IwAR1CdcDUCsdLB0mxm5PpT2FcWNbTQH2WrBL0DhkazstSvd8sKQD1TKndEzQ
From the article: "What Doak did with this previously flat, flood-prone land was remarkable. He effectively added elevation and improved drainage into the Buffalo Bayou, which runs through the park. (How effective? Tropical Storm Imelda dropped nine inches on Memorial Park last month; the next day, the greens and fairways were being mowed.)"
Why on earth does it make sense to take water that fell in a place where it can slowly soak into the ground and quickly funnel it to Buffalo Bayou where it will contribute to flooding others--either downstream or taking up capacity in an already overloaded bayou? It's ridiculous.
I wanted to do a big thanks to HCFCD; Gary Zika, Melissa and Rusty as well as the others on Project Brays. The rainfall we received last month from the storm on September 21/22 was handled by the storm water systems especially along Braesheather and the cul de sacs of Cranleigh, Endicott et al.
I have been told that through the rains the water never went over the curb on Cranleigh! This is great news as it appears that the new detention dug out and connections to the Meyerland Section 7 worked well to get the water into the Brays Bayou system!
Looking forward to the finish line as we get the bridges rebuilt over the next year and a half. It is my belief that we finally have adequate flows from the Rebuild Houston work from 2015! Thanks for your continued efforts to get us out of danger!
You guys are doing a great service!
This is the long overgrown Harris County Flood Control drainage ditch in La Porte. When are y'all gonna maintain the existing drainage system?
We sure need someone to come out to the 15000 block of Crosswinds Drive and clean out the flood drains on the street. Last time we had a hard rain the street flooded
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To Whom It May Concern Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUjcmzScMvE&feature=youtu.be
I've really been enjoying the diversity of wildflowers along Brays Bayou - I bike the trail nearly every day. Today, I noticed the entire area is being mowed, at least from S. Gessner to the JCC (and the crews look setup in the area to continue work moving east tomorrow). I'd love to understand why the native vegetation is being removed.
I attended the Sims Bayou Community Engagement meeting on Thursday, February 13, at the Hiram Clarke Multi-Service Center. The presentation was poor in quality. The attendees could not read the information on the PowerPoint presentation because it was blurred, out of focus, or the print was too small
and the presenter seemed to have an "attitude."
I have contacted the Harris County Flood Control months ago asking them to assist with an evasive plant that is killing all of the trees and wildlife on property they control behind my house. At first I sent the pictures and requests to the City of Houston-they came out the next day. They agreed that the problem was critical and needed immediate attention. However, they said their hands were tied bc this is HC Flood Control land. Large trees are dying while they continue to ignore my request for assistance. I suppose my only recourse is to take this to the media. I will also be contacting Texas A&M to ask them to do a study on the damage this is causing.
I just put up my new video about your wunnerful Houston Mayor called "Sly The Mayor Turner" Elections have MAJOR consequences don't they says Tony Buzzbee. Check it out and let me know what you think. “Sly The Mayor Turner”
https://youtu.be/RqmZntxqu8w Turning Houston into a 3rd world city Turner hey Mayor what a downright pity. They keep moving in turning this city blue, nothing gets fixed, nothing built new.
