Property owners along the north side of Interstate Highway 10 who suffered flooding due to highway barrier construction had a big win in federal court today. A federal Magistrate Judge recommended throwing out the State of Texas’s dismissal motion by ruling both that the plaintiffs had stated a claim for…
After local residents grouped together and filed two suits in Chambers Court alleging that highway design along Interstate-10 repeatedly caused flooding of private property, the State has moved the cases from Chambers County state court to the federal court in Galveston.. The State moved to dismiss the first case, but…
Over 40 residents filed suit in Chambers County against the State of Texas alleging that the repeated flooding of thousands of acres of property along Interstate-10 was due to the design, construction, and operation of barriers installed by the State. These concrete barriers were installed to act as a safety…
Winnie residents who are frustrated with flooding aren't blaming mother nature, they're blaming the Texas Department of Transportation. Residents say a concrete barrier dividing I-10's eastbound and westbound lanes is causing the problem because the barrier acts as a dam, making flooding worse for those living along the highway. Read…
Hit by powerful gulf storms just two years apart, farmer and rancher family believe the devastating flooding of their property could have been prevented or reduced if it wasn’t for the design and lack of upkeep of Interstate-10 by TxDot. During Hurricane Harvey and Tropical Storm Imelda, the highway’s median…
In the aftermath of tropical storm Imelda, the ranching and farming communities, who have yet to recover from Hurricane Harvey, survey the damage to their land and livestock. The community was struggling to come back from the flooding two years previously and are now living through a repeat of catastrophic…
Harvey’s flooding didn’t just damage urban areas, but large stretches of ranch and farmland were underwater, drowning livestock and destroying pastures. As ranchers attempt to survey their remaining herds, the state and federal government has remained silent on numbers for the estimated loss of livestock. Read more on texasobserver.org.
Reporters in the wake of Hurricane Harvey travel with rancher, Devillier, through the destruction of town of Winnie, TX off of I-10. As the flood water cover this ranching area, the loss of livestock, homes, and a way of life are have put this community in a standstill, but the…