Case - Tue February 23, 2021
Case, Nueces Power Equipment Support Hurricane Recovery
Case Construction Equipment and Texas-based dealer Nueces Power Equipment provided equipment and support for a two-week Team Rubicon operation that continued each organization's support of Hurricane Harvey response and recovery — still ongoing more than three years after the hurricane hit the region....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 25, 2020
Years After Hurricane Harvey, Dam Still Under Repair
Hurricane Harvey caused extensive damage in Texas and Louisiana during August 2017, including major devastation to the Vernon Lake dam and spillway in Vernon, La., which is the subject of a $1 million Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) repair project....
Harris County Flood Control District - Tue September 10, 2019
Major Buffalo Bayou Repairs Being Made to Contain Erosion
The Harris County Flood Control District in coordination with the Buffalo Bayou Partnership has begun completing major repairs along Buffalo Bayou, between Shepherd Drive to Sabine Street, to contain erosion and bank failures caused by Hurricane Harvey....
Associated Press - Tue February 26, 2019
Council OKs $400M for Harvey Repairs
HOUSTON (AP) Thousands of Houston homeowners still struggling with repairs after Hurricane Harvey hit in 2017 could benefit from up to $400 million in federal grants. The Houston City Council on Jan....
Associated Press - Wed August 29, 2018
Voters OK $2.5B Bond on Harvey Anniversary
HOUSTON (AP) Voters in Houston and its surrounding county marked the anniversary of Hurricane Harvey coming ashore by approving the issuance of $2.5 billion in bonds to fund flood-control projects that might mitigate the damage caused by future storms....
AGC - Mon August 27, 2018
AGC Charities Provides Funds To Puerto Rico Construction Workers
AGC Charities Inc. , the charitable arm of the Associated General Contractors of America, is providing 65 construction workers in Puerto Rico with $100,750 in donated funds to help cover losses they incurred as a result of Hurricane Maria....
Emily Buenzle - Tue June 19, 2018
Army Corps of Engineers Announces Funding Plans to Aid Post-Harvey Texas
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently announced plans to use more than $509 million in funding for a series of Texas projects, including flood mitigation and other work for the Brays and Buffalo bayous....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed June 06, 2018
Bridge Repair in Texas After Harvey
Nearly nine months after Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the coast of Texas, prompting the largest disaster response ever recorded in Texas state history, work is at last under way to repair a bridge that suffered substantial damage in the storm....
Chicago Pneumatic - Mon June 04, 2018
Re-Generating a Town in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey, one of the worst hurricanes on record in North America, made landfall on the small coastal tourist town of Rockport, Texas, in late August. It left the city in shambles. The Category 4 hurricane hit peak intensity on its path to Houston....
U.S. Department of Transportation - Mon June 04, 2018
U.S. DOT Announces $277.5M in Emergency Relief Funding for Transit Systems Damaged by Hurricanes
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced May 31, the allocation of $277.5 million in Emergency Relief funding for public transportation systems damaged by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria....
