Request by the Flood Control District for approval to accept from the Houston-Galveston Area Council grant funds in the amount of $5,325,861.83 with a local match of $750,000, for the Community Development Block Grant Mitigation, Crosby Eastgate Mitigation Bank Project (Cedar Bayou Watershed, Bond ID F-48, Project ID Q700-01-00-Y002, Precinct 3). | Community Exchange
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Request by the Flood Control District for approval to accept from the Houston-Galveston Area Council grant funds in the amount of $5,325,861.83 with a local match of $750,000, for the Community Development Block Grant Mitigation, Crosby Eastgate Mitigation Bank Project (Cedar Bayou Watershed, Bond ID F-48, Project ID Q700-01-00-Y002, Precinct 3).
Harris County will vote July 9, 2026 on accepting $5.3M to restore 240 acres of wetlands along Cedar Bayou near Crosby.
On July 9, 2026, Harris County Commissioners Court will vote on whether to accept about $5.3 million in federal grant funds from the Houston-Galveston Area Council, plus a $750,000 local match, for the Crosby Eastgate Mitigation Bank project. This effort restores wetlands on roughly 240 acres of Harris County land along Cedar Bayou near Crosby-Eastgate Road. The restored wetlands create mitigation credits that offset wetland impacts caused by nearby flood control and road improvement projects.
This vote decides whether Harris County accepts $5.3M in federal grant funds to restore wetlands near Crosby along Cedar Bayou. The project affects roughly 240 acres in Precinct 3 and creates wetland credits used to offset impacts from local flood and road projects.
