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Flash flooding is a big problem this time of year and it can make traveling dangerous. However, thanks to a grant from the state Flood Infrastructure Fund, the City of Bryan will soon have a way to send alerts about roads that are at risk of flooding.
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Funded in part by a state grant, a master plan study will aim to combat flooding and water quality issues in Nueces, Kleberg and Jim Wells counties.
In May, the Texas Water Development Board approved a grant of about $2.1 million for the study, which is a collaboration between Nueces, Jim Wells and Kleberg counties; the Nueces County Drainage District No. 2; and the city of Driscoll.
The study will involve developing hydrology/hydraulic computer models of the Baffin Bay and South Corpus Christi watersheds across all three counties.
The study will cover Agua Dulce Creek, Petronila Creek, Alazan Bay/Baffin Bay and Oso Creek.
Consultants said Taylor Gully does not currently have the capacity to handle 100-year storm events. (Screenshot courtesy Harris County Flood Control District) The city of Houston was awarded almost $22.36 million from the Texas Water Development Board for drainage projects, $10.1 million of which will be used to improve Taylor Gully a channel in northeast Kingwood credited with exacerbating flooding twice in 2019.
The TWDB approved a resolution May 6 to provide almost $22.36 million to the city of Houston $18.68 million in a loan and $3.67 million in grants for the city to construct drainage projects, according to a May 6 release from the TWDB.
While $10.1 million will be used in Taylor Gully, the other almost $12.3 million will be used to add roadside ditches, in-line stormwater lines, culverts and other improvements in Wynnewood Acres, a community in northeast Houston. The TWDB funding is from the state s 2020 Flood Infrastructure Fund cycle, which was created by Senate Bill