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Tomlinson: Horrors of Hurricane Harvey seem forgotten as flood control efforts wobble FacebookTwitterEmail 1of4 A section of Halls Bayou near Wayside Drive and the Northeast Family YMCA, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Houston. A year to the day after Hurricane Harvey made landfall, Harris County voters approved a $2.5 billion flood bond, the single-largest investment in storm protection in county history. Elected and Flood Control District officials pitched the program as a down payment on securing Houston’s future, a serious commitment by taxpayers that would convince the state and federal governments to chip in billions more. But that outside investment has not come through, at least not yet, and the county budget office last month announced a $1.4 billion shortfall in funding for current projects. In the near-term, Commissioners Court may need to raise taxes or issue a new bond proposal, which voters may be wary to support if they feel hoodwinked by the first one. Longer-term,

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