League City City Council approves 1-time decrease to water rate after winter storm
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LEAGUE CITY, Texas Considering the high water bills some residents are facing due to last month s winter storm, League City City Council approved a measure March 9 to ease the burden.
With council s unanimous vote, League City water customers bills for February will be capped at the second of four price tiers regardless of whether they used enough water to move them to a more expensive tier.
According to city officials, League City customers use about 10 million gallons of water a day. During the winter storm, that increased to a peak of nearly 25 million gallons in a single day, mostly due to residents running their faucets to prevent pipes from freezing and other residents experiencing burst pipes, officials said.
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THE proposed closure of three underpasses near Coate Water has faced heavy criticism. Several Adver readers were not keen on the idea of more pedestrian crossings being added to Queens Drive once the subways were decommissioned. Others thought it would be a waste of money while a few questioned why a better solution had still not been found to fix the frequent flooding that happens whenever heavy rain hits Swindon. The underpasses under Queens Drive and Marlborough Road flooded five times last year. James Bullock: “Just maintain and sort out the drainage. Don’t need more crossings on Queens Drive, too many traffic lights there already.”
Captain John Bowen, naval engineer who designed new types of flight-deck catapult – obituary
Bowen oversaw the French navy’s installation of a catapult system and some of his designs were sold to the US Navy
14 February 2021 • 8:26pm
Bowen, left, showing the latest steam catapult at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford, the Royal Navy’s flightdeck development facility, in 1964
Captain John Bowen, who has died aged 88, was an expert in the steam catapult and a renowned nautical surveyor.
In 1957-59 Bowen gained his boiler-room watchkeeping ticket, a requirement for all engineers in the age of steam, in the carrier Ark Royal, the first ship to be constructed with an angled flight deck, hydraulic arrester gear, and steam-driven catapults.