Project Brays funding legislation proposed after recent Houston flooding

HOUSTON – Congressmen Gene Green and Al Green held a press conference in southwest Houston on Friday to explain the 2016 Tax Day Floods Supplemental Funding Act and its effect on Houston.

They were talking at the bridge overlooking Willow Waterhole Bayou, one block north of 11800 Hillcroft Street at Ludington Drive.

On April 21, representatives introduced the 2016 Tax Day Floods Supplemental Funding Act, which would appropriate $311 million for Army Corps flood control construction projects in the Houston area.

The projects would be funded using supplemental appropriations until 2026, and return any funds not used on these projects to the U.S. Treasury.

If signed into law, the legislation would provide vital funding for the completion of flood control projects, such as the project to widen Brays Bayou.

Completion of Army Corps flood control projects would provide much needed relief to Houstonians, including but not limited to residents who suffered through the 2015 Memorial Day Flood and the recent 2016 Tax Day Floods.

Harris County said more than 1,700 homes flooded this week.