Cy-Fair - Jersey Village Edition | December 2025

Government

BY SARAH BRAGER & MELISSA ENAJE

White Oak Bayou channel upgrades boost storm protection O cials with Harris County Precinct 3 Commis- sioner Tom Ramsey’s o ce announced in a Nov. 17 news release work on a channel widening for the White Oak Bayou tributary has been completed. The $28 million ood mitigation project could safeguard approximately 2,000 homes from major storm ooding in the Cypress area. The details The project was funded through the voter-ap- proved 2018 Harris County Flood Control District bond program, o cials said, and it widened the channel and converted the area to concrete, which will reduce erosion and improve stormwater ow e ciency. “This project also reects the use of great engi- neering put forth by professionals with knowledge

Harris County ESD 9 board censures Commissioner Paiva The Harris County Emergency Services District No. 9 board voted unanimously Nov. 20 to censure Commissioner Rob Paiva for ongoing misconduct allegations brought forward in an October. What’s happening? Censure refers to a formal reprimand of behavior, but it does not strip Paiva of his position as a commissioner, o cials said. The board voted Oct. 20 to le a complaint against Paiva with the Harris County district attorney’s o ce to investigate allegations of board misconduct and Texas Open Meetings Act violations. Paiva left the Nov. 20 meet- ing before the vote took place and did not respond as of press time.

The White Oak Bayou channel improvement was completed in November.

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of this community and its needs for better stormwa- ter conveyance," Ramsey said in the news release. The White Oak Bayou watershed stretches from central to northwest Harris County and includes the city of Jersey Village and portions of the city of Houston, encompassing at least 146 miles of open waterways in the watershed, according to the county ood control district.

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