Two northwest Houston suburbs are set to grow like crazy this year
Paul Wedding, Staff writer
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As seen a new home is constructed in a new development called Raleigh Creek in Tomball.Gustavo Huerta, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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As seen a new home is constructed in a new development called Raleigh Creek, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, in Tomball.Gustavo Huerta, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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As seen a new home is constructed in a new development called Raleigh Creek, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, in Tomball.Gustavo Huerta, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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As seen a new home is constructed in a new development called Raleigh Creek, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, in Tomball.Gustavo Huerta, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com
Jan 13, 2021 5:23 PM
The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing a two billion dollar set of levee improvements in southeast Louisiana along a 30 mile stretch of the Upper Barataria levee system.
Corps Flood Risk Management Section Chief Travis Creel said a big part of the project involves the existing levee in St. Charles Parish, which is only six to seven feet tall.
“That existing levee would be improved initially to 14 feet and we would do additional levee lifts out to 50 years so the final levee heights would be 16 to 18 feet,” said Creel.
The improvements would build on the Magnolia Ridge levee system in St. Charles, connect to the existing Sunset Levee District in Des Allemands, create a gate structure across Bayou Des Allemands, and built a new levee system parallel to Highway 90 all the way to Raceland.
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