PORT ARTHUR, Texas After more than a decade of holding their breath and graveling for more money and time, Jefferson County s new Alligator Bayou pumping station in Port Arthur is ready for the 2021 hurricane season.
The $62 million project at Alligator Bayou is 98% complete as hurricane season gets underway in the Atlantic. And after two historic flood events, Hurricane Harvey and Tropical Storm Imelda, the project couldn t come at a better time. We ve updated everything to a 25-year storm and in many places up to a 100 year storm, said Allen Sims, vice president for water resources at LJA Engineering in Beaumont.
For parts of southern and eastern Texas, it's raining again. Just like it did yesterday and just like it is forecast to do tomorrow. For residents accustomed to glaring sunshine and 90-degree heat at this time of year, the onslaught of stormy precipitation has come as a gloomy shock. But more than just putting a major damper on early-summer plans, this week's soaking has been yet another gut punch of devastating weather in a year full of ruinous.