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
Houston police searching for 5 suspects accused of robbing, assaulting man at Gulfton convenience store
The man told police he was walking out of the store when one suspect pulled out a gun and pointed it to his head while another suspect hit his head with a brick. Author: Lisa Carter, Jason Miles, Grace White Published: 3:07 PM CDT May 6, 2021 Updated: 11:01 PM CDT May 6, 2021
HOUSTON Houston police are searching for five suspects accused of robbing and assaulting a man at a convenience store in the Gulfton area.
The incident happened around 6:35 p.m. April 15 at a store in the 5400 bock of Chimney Rock Road. The man told police he was walking out of the store after buying lottery tickets when one suspect pulled out a gun and pointed it to his head while another suspect hit him in the head with a brick.
Texans sponsor food trucks in City Council District D for free meals | Daily Brew Feb 23, 2021 at 07:08 PM Copied!
After last week s winter storm caused statewide power outages that wiped out food supplies throughout communities, the Houston Texans helped out by sponsoring five food trucks in Houston s City Council District D.
The Texans provided free meals on Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. with help from Texans Legends Travis Johnson, Anthony Hill, Cecil Shorts III, Moran Norris, Eric Brown, Wade Smith, Chester Pitts and Earl Mitchell. City Council District D residents received hot meals from one of five different local food trucks, including Gumbo Xpress, Nacho Monster, Ray s BBQ, Stonefire Pizza and Stuff d Wings.
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On Monday’s Houston Matters: Area hospitals are among the first receiving doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine today. The FDA authorized the vaccine for emergency use Friday. We learn more.
And residents in Houston City Council District B elected Tarsha Jackson to represent them on Council on Saturday, in a long-awaited runoff against Cynthia Bailey. How long? More than a year.
Also this hour: How might the Biden administration affect Houston’s energy industry? We talk it over in the first of a week of conversations on what the new administration might mean for Greater Houston.
The new council member is expected to be sworn in around Dec. 21.
December 13, 2020, 10:37 AM
Tarsha Jackson, the new council member for Houston City Council District B, is a longtime criminal justice organizer and vocally supported her opponent Cynthia Bailey in her fight to remain on the ballot despite having been convicted of a felony in the past.
Voters in District B elected Tarsha Jackson to Houston City Council on Saturday, after a slow-moving legal battle kept the race off the ballot for an entire year.
While 15 out of 16 council members were elected in 2019, District B residents waited for their chance to vote.