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Houston to fund water, wastewater projects Houston’s proposed Capital Improvement Plan for 2026-2030 prioritizes nearly half of its fund- ing to improve the city’s water and wastewater infrastructure. At a glance The proposed $16.7 billion budget is a $2.2 bil- lion increase compared to the 2025-2029 budget, according to the June 9 presentation during the Budget & Fiscal Affairs Committee meeting. Half of the CIP will improve the city’s water and wastewater infrastructure, with the water utility system receiving $4.3 billion and wastewater treatment facilities receiving $3.8 billion. Zooming in Alma Tamborello, the acting director for treasury and capital management at the Finance Depart- ment, said the city’s improvement plan for the
Houston approves $7B budget During an 8-hour June 4 City Council meeting interrupted by protesters, Houston City Council approved 14-3 the proposed $7 billion budget for fiscal year 2025-26. The new budget is tied to reducing the city’s $330 million shortfall. In a nutshell Council members Edward Pollard, Abbie Kamin and Tiffany Thomas voted in dissent. Pollard said he opposed the budget because he is worried about the city spending more than it receives, and that the city needs a plan to address future, growing deficits. “I don’t want to vote on a budget that satisfies today, but leaves us in peril tomor- row,” he said. “Tomorrow is where I’m most concerned.”
More projects Roughly $6.21 billion of the remaining CIP budget is dedicated to drainage, street, airport and public improvement projects.
$2.6B: Street and drainage projects, including citywide street and traffic rehabilitation, neighborhood drainage and regional stormwater detention $2.7B: Updating and expanding the Houston Airport Systems, including Terminal B redevelopment at IAH and taxiway improvements at Hobby Airport $913M: Public improvement projects such as purchasing new city vehicles, making repairs to municipal courts as part of the Hurricane Harvey Recovery and building new fire stations
SOURCES: CITY OF HOUSTON, BUDGET & FISCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
East Water Purification Plant is the most expensive water infrastructure project, costing $2.1 billion. The project will improve on the city’s 70-year- old purification plant that serves 1.9 million Hous- ton residents, according to previous Community Impact reporting. Construction will begin in 2029.
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