Lubbock Could Have a New Lake in 20 Years
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Have you ever wished Buffalo Springs Lake was a little closer to Lubbock than what it is? If city leaders and planners have their way, in 20 years you will be spending Memorial Day weekend at Lake #7, also known as the Jim Bertram Lake.
The location is between East Loop 289 and Buffalo Springs Lake. The lake, which is named after a former Lubbock City Employee is 774 acres. The lake will serve as a future water source for Lubbock and there will also be opportunities for recreational events. According to Lubbock officials there is new energy and a completion timeline.
KCBD INVESTIGATES: The cost to clean up flood damage at Citizens Tower
Paying the cost of flooding at Citizens Tower By Blair Sabol | May 13, 2021 at 8:24 PM CDT - Updated May 13 at 10:19 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The damage was done two months ago, but we are just now learning how much those March flood waters are going to cost the city of Lubbock.
On, March 12, 2021 a little over an inch of rain fell in a short period of time, causing a massive surge of water to somehow breach the basement of the new city hall building at Citizens Tower.
This month, KCBD news obtained city records showing the amount already spent on repairs and replacements. Repairs and cleanup have already cost the city more than $460,000, with more to come.
Lubbock Utilities building suffered substantial damage in flood
The City of Lubbock says it is still assessing the damage from the flooding that occurred Friday night in the basement of Citizens Tower and the adjacent City of Lubbock Utilities Customer Service building.
Matt Rose, spokesperson for Lubbock Utilities, which includes Lubbock Power & Light, said the Lubbock Utilities building suffered substantial damage. At Citizens Tower, City Manager Jarrett Atkinson says the flooding reached the city s Information Technology offices, which are located in the basement of Citizens Tower, and the elevator shafts.
The water reached about 18 inches above floor level in some areas.
Questions remain after City holds conference on flooding at Citizens Tower
City utilities relocated after flooding at Citizens Tower By Camelia Juarez | March 15, 2021 at 7:50 PM CDT - Updated March 15 at 7:56 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - When storms began last week, City staff placed sandbags around the perimeter of Citizens Tower in downtown Lubbock.
That did not stop two feet of water from rushing into the basement.
It was focused on the utilities section, damaging computers, the lobbies and office spaces.
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âA pit thatâs lower than whatever the lowest floor that they traveled to, and thereâs equipment in those pits. You could see the water come into that room. There are three elevators that open into that room. And so all of that was running down until those pits filled. The second is, we do know that the utility customer service building is going to be out of action for a while.â