Planned projects
to secure federal funding for the design and construction of any improvement project, per the study documents. A system of underground tunnels from Barker Reservoir to the Galveston Bay is back in consideration. Previous estimates for the tunnel pegged the cost at around $2.6 billion, though the Corps’ study suggested it could cost as much as $12 billion. Other alternatives for ood risk man- agement listed in the interim report of the study include a third dam and res- ervoir at Cypress Creek. The Barker Flood Prevention Advo- cacy Group released a statement of support Feb. 16, after the HCFCD announced its temporary leadership on the study, calling the agency’s move to provide funding “a signi cant one.” “By partnering with the Galveston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers and expanding the scope [of drainage solutions] to include tun- nels, the study will now continue instead of going the way of some past ood control studies which were closed and shelved with no tangible results,” the advocacy group said.
Several projects are planned by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Harris County Flood Control District to help mitigate ooding in the Addicks and Barker reservoir watersheds.
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Scope: The study will inform projects to improve the dam and better mitigate ood risks in residential and commercial properties in the Bu alo Bayou watershed and Barker and Addicks reservoir watersheds. Cost: $11.2 million Timeline: 2020-2026 Scope: A Federal Emergency Management Agency grant will allow the Harris County Flood Control District to desilt 4.82 million cubic yards of sediment that was deposited in eight watersheds, including Addicks and Barker, by Hurricane Harvey. Cost: $250 million Timeline: 2024-27 BUFFALO BAYOU TRIBUTARIES AND RESILIENCY STUDY SEDIMENT REMOVAL AND DESILTING PROJECTS
SOURCES: HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS COMMUNITY IMPACT
a structure that was well past that service life that had been retro tted, and it gave us … [the ability] to build a stronger structure,” he said. Additionally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded the HCFCD $250 million in August 2021 to desilt 4.82 million cubic yards of sed- iment in eight watersheds, including
Addicks and Barker, an HCFCD spokes- person said via email. HCFCD expects to hire a designer for the project this spring, and the rst construction con- tracts will bid in early 2024. Construc- tion could last 24-36 months. The largest project, however, is the Bu alo Bayou and Tributaries Resil- iency Study, which the Corps began
in 2020 to analyze the integrity of the Addicks and Barker reservoirs as well as the larger Bu alo Bayou watershed. The HCFCD increased its participa- tion in the study in February. The agen- cy’s portion of the study will wrap up by December 2024, while the Corps will continue working on its portion of the study through 2026. The Corps plans
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