Flood control projects in Harris County, Texas, are facing a $1.4-billion funding gap, and county officials are having to explore alternative funding opportunities or face construction delays.
Alan Black, director of operations for the Harris County Flood Control District, told ENR that all 181 of the county’s planned flood control projects in a nearly $5 billion program will get built one way or another, and none have been delayed so far. But county officials may have to pivot to different funding sources to keep projects on schedule after federal and state funding for the program came up short.