Nearly $5 billion announced for Texas Flood Control Projects
Texas Insider Report: HOUSTON Texas Following the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
announcement of nearly $5 billion for Flood Control Projects in Texas U.S. Senator John Cornyn will host a roundtable with local leaders and representatives from USACE to discuss the specifics of the $295 million Clear Creek flood control project and $186 million for other critical projects in Harris County.
The nearly $5 billion in funds that was announced by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will go towards Texas Flood Control Projects appropriated by Congress through
a disaster supplemental package in the
Bipartisan Budget Act earlier this year.
USACE has also announced nearly $16 million of these funds will go toward several studies in Texas for projects that would help protect the state against future natural disasters.
Following the roundtable Cornyn and
Congressmen John Culberson (TX-7) and
Pete Olson (TX-22) will tour
Thompson Intermediate School which flooded with more than five feet of water during Hurricane Harvey and has undergone major renovations and repairs
since the storm.
Sen. Cornyn a member of the
Senate Finance Senate Intelligence and the
Senate Judiciary Committees will then hold a joint press conference.
WHO: U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)
- U.S. Rep. John Culberson (TX-07)
- U.S. Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22)
- Sen. Larry Taylor State Senator District 11
- Judge Ed Emmett County Judge Harris County
- Judge Matt Sebesta County Judge Brazoria County
- Judge Mark Henry County Judge Galveston County
- Dr. DeeAnn Powell Superintendent Pasadena ISD
- BG Paul Owen Commander Southwestern Division US Army Corps of Engineers
- Mark Mazzanti Director of Programs Southwestern Division US Army Corps of Engineers
- Dr. Melissa McCalla Former Principal Thompson Intermediate School
- Bob Mitchell President Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership (BAHEP)
- Russ Poppe Executive Director Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD)
- Stephen Costello Chief Resilience Officer Office of City of Houston Mayor
- Mike Yost Superintendent Brazoria Co. Drainage District No. 4
WHEN: Friday July 20 2018
- 10:00am Roundtable discussion
- 11:05am Tour
- 11:15am Press conference
WHERE: Thompson Intermediate School Library - 11309 Sagedowne Lane - Houston TX 77089
