Government
BY JAMES T. NORMAN
Funding expected soon for Clear Creek, Dickinson Bayou flood study
2017
Hurricane Harvey hits Houston
Local officials begin working toward watershed study
2019
First phase wraps up
2022
June - Officials receive support from USACE to carry out phase 2 Fall - Cities approve funding for second phase
Dugie said he expects to come from any number of the roughly two dozen counties and cities that have voiced support for it. Dugie said he thinks the need and widespread support will help with future federal and state funding. “I think the math is going to show it’s the right decision,” Dugie said. What’s next? Dugie said officials should be ready in 2026 to begin discussions with the federal and state govern- ments. A formal request could come in 2027. The study should be wrapped up by 2028, he said, but when construction could begin isn’t known. “They’ve said it takes a long time,” Dugie said. “Since the [1970s], we’ve worked on getting a federal project in our part of the coast. We’re further than we’ve ever been before.”
A number of cities and counties could soon begin pitching in between $3 million-$5 million for the second phase of a study related to flood projects. If approved in the coming weeks and months, the funding will come a couple of months after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gave the go-ahead for the study to move forward, Galveston County Commissioner Hank Dugie said. The gist The Lower Clear Creek and Dickinson Bayou Water Study completed its first phase in 2022. While the first phase was mostly related to creating a list of potential projects and shoring up data, phase two is to research and justify said projects, Dugie said. The cost The study could cost up to $5 million , which
2024
2026
Preliminary request is made to state and federal governments
2027
Formal request is made to state and federal governments
2028
Study expected to wrap up
$5M potential total cost for study
Roughly 3 years to carry out study
23 cities and counties support study
11.5K structures possibly impacted in potential flood
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