4 FAST FACTS  1 » The total cost of the project is $46.3 million. 2 » The volume of material to be excavated from the detention basin is 2.5 million cubic yards. This is the amount of material it would take to fill the Astrodome. 3 » With the proposed project, flooding will decrease downstream. 4 » The total average annual flood damage reduction benefits should be approximately $10.8 million.

«  Home    l  Overview  l  Project Plan  l  Public Meeting  l  Contact   Proposed Plan  l  Other Flood Damage Reduction Plans Other Flood Damage Reduction Plans for Greens Bayou On June 24, 1986, Harris County Commissioners Court adopted the Greens Bayou Regional Flood Control Plan to reduce existing flood damages and to establish costs and guidelines for new developments to offset their impacts on existing flood levels. Since 1986, the HCFCD has acquired seven regional detention basin sites in the Greens Bayou watershed totaling 2,600 acres. Three have been completed or are being excavated. All are scheduled to be complete or have an initial phase completed in the next five years. Some limited channel rectification has been done in conjunction with some of the detention basins. The HCFCD has spent $31 million on these projects since 1986 and expects to spend another $31 million in the next five years. In addition, the HCFCD has an active voluntary buyout program in association with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for homes that qualify and have flooded frequently or severely.