A potential countywide stormwater conveyance tunnel system comes with a $30 billion price tag. That's a huge purchase, but here's the upside to tunnels.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas -- Findings from an ongoing Harris County Flood Control District feasibility study estimate a $30 billion price tag for a potential countywide stormwater conveyance tunnel system.Funded by a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Phase 2 of the district's feasibility study identified eight tunnel alignments that would mostly follow existing channels.
"We will leave no stone unturned when it comes to funding," Elmer said."We'll investigate funding at all levels. I'm not going to be able to say today whether this is something [the Federal Emergency Management Agency would] say is right up [its] alley, but it's something we're looking at in Phase 3."
Running 100 feet underground, the 35- to 40-foot diameter concrete tunnels would be built under existing channels and use public rights of way as much as possible, according to Elmer.
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