City of Houston proposes high priority Harvey recovery and flood prevention projects
On March 21st the city of Houston presented a list of 13 Hurricane Harvey recovery and flood mitigation projects for consideration by the City Council. These projects are proposed to compete for the first $500 million of an expected $1 billion in FEMA aid released after Harvey. The proposal details are described in a March 22, 2018 Houston Chronicle article by Mike Morris entitled "City lines up Harvey projects - Council receives list of ideas for recovery funds." https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/houston/article/Houston-identies-700M-in-priority-flood-control-12770379.php#photo-15263041 Most of the proposed projects have already advanced through the concept and design phases and some were already under consideration before Harvey. According to Houston "flood czar" Steve Costello, the high priority projects were selected based on potential impact, the opportunity for the city to partner with other governments to complete them, and the extent...