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BY SARAH BRAGER & MELISSA ENAJE
$25M Addicks Reservoir restoration announced Harris County ocials announced Jan. 20 the start of a $25 million restoration project along channels connecting to the Addicks Reservoir in the Cypress-Fairbanks area. In a nutshell Tina Petersen, Harris County Flood Control District executive director, said the restoration will tackle sediment buildup and erosion along the channels caused by the Tax Day Flood in 2016 and Hurricane Harvey in 2017. She said the project aims to address a “backlog” of maintenance at an estimated 24 dierent channel sites. “These channels play a critical role in carrying storm water to the reservoirs, and it strengthens this system and provides critical ood risk reduc- tion for thousands of homes and businesses across northwest Harris County,” Petersen said during a Jan. 20 news conference.
Harris County names new county attorney
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Harris County com- missioners unanimously approved Jonathan Fombonne as the new county attorney Jan. 8, eective immediately. The gist Fombonne previously
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The scope of the project includes:
8 miles of channel repair 11,000 linear feet of storm pipe placement 50,000 cubic yards of sediment removal 115,000 tons of rock for slope stabilization
served as deputy then rst assistant county attorney before taking over the new role left after former county attorney Chris- tian Menefee resigned March 17 after the announcement of his campaign run for U.S. Congress District 18. Fombonne will serve as legal counsel to all elected oces in Harris County until the new county attorney is elected in November.
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