Galveston District Corps executes additional dredging in the San

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District staff have executed a modification to the West Fork San Jacinto River Emergency Debris Removal Contract effective June 7.

Houston City Councilman Dave Martin addressed the dredging, and the contract modification, at the June meeting of the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority/Tax Reinvestment Zone No. 10 June 13.
Martin explained that after Hurricane Harvey, the City of Houston did an analysis – a core study called a Stockton Survey – on the area referred to as the “mouth bar” to determine how much silt and debris contributed to the flooding experience in Kingwood during the storm.
The data was shared with the Corps, who arrived at a different amount of contributing debris than the city.
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