Comments on: Bridgeland Over the Floodwaters http://swamplot.com/bridgeland-over-the-floodwaters/2009-05-04/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:30:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: kjb434 http://swamplot.com/bridgeland-over-the-floodwaters/2009-05-04/#comment-26987 kjb434 Mon, 04 May 2009 13:48:48 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=8733#comment-26987 "Asked if Bridgeland could assure Harris County residents that its development won’t worsen future flooding downstream, [Bridgeland VP of Sales] Houghton said, ‘I would have no problem guaranteeing that." Actually, all drainage reports submitted to Harris County for approval require the sealing engineer to make a statement that no adverse impacts will occur from the new development. If the Sierra Club truly feels the Bridgelands made things were, there are technical means to discover this and it can be brought into court. It actually happens all the time. “Asked if Bridgeland could assure Harris County residents that its development won’t worsen future flooding downstream, [Bridgeland VP of Sales] Houghton said, ‘I would have no problem guaranteeing that.”

Actually, all drainage reports submitted to Harris County for approval require the sealing engineer to make a statement that no adverse impacts will occur from the new development. If the Sierra Club truly feels the Bridgelands made things were, there are technical means to discover this and it can be brought into court. It actually happens all the time.

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