November 29, 2022 – Harris County Commissioners Court approved a takeover agreement with a contractor’s surety in the amount of $8,399,718 in connection with this project.
February 8, 2022 – Harris County Commissioners Court authorized a change in the construction stage services contract for Discrete Segment 104, adding 36 calendar days and resulting in the addition of $69,552 to the contract amount.
February 8, 2022 – Harris County Commissioners Court authorized a change in the construction stage services contract for Discrete Segment 105, adding 58 calendar days and resulting in the addition of $155,553 to the contract amount.
February 8, 2022 – Harris County Commissioners Court authorized a $186,000 amendment to provide additional archeological and environmental consulting services in support of this project.
September 28, 2021 – Harris County Commissioners Court authorized the approval of a change in contract, adding 5 calendar days and resulting in an addition of $98,767 to the contract amount for construction stage services in support of this project.
September 28, 2021 – Harris County Commissioners Court authorized the approval of a change in contract, adding 65 calendar days and resulting in an addition of $241,549 to the contract amount for construction stage services in support of this project.
September 14, 2021 – Harris County Commissioners Court approved right of entry for ExxonMobil Pipeline Company to provide sediment removal and channel work along a pipeline in the project area.
June 29, 2021 – Harris County Commissioners Court authorized an additional $244,186 and 12 calendar days for construction of this project.
April 27, 2021 – Harris County Commissioners Court has approved the acquisiton of one tract of land in support of this project.
March 30, 2021 – Harris County Commissioners Court awarded a $12.9 million contract for construction of White Oak Bayou from Cole Creek to Hollister Road.
March 9, 2021– Harris County Commissioners Court authorized $306,450 for engineering services in support of the White Oak Bayou Federal Flood Damage Reduction Project from West Tidwell Road to FM 1960.
February 26, 2021 – Harris County Commissioners Court authorized to correct two authorizations to negotiate on the December 15, 2020 agenda and two agreements on the February 9, 2021, agenda in support of this project.
February 26, 2021 – Harris County Commissioners Court authorized an agreement for archeological and environmental services as needed in support of this project.
February 9, 2021 - Harris County Commissioners authorized an agreement of $75,000 for archeological and environmental consulting services in support of this project.
February 9, 2021 - Harris County Commissioners authorized an agreement of $292,261 for materials engineering and testing services in support of this project.
February 9, 2021 - Harris County Commissioners Court approved advertisement for bidding of construction services for channel modifications from Cole Creek to Hollister Road.
January 26, 2021 - Harris County Commissioners Court authorized the acquisition of two tracts of land in connection with this project.
January 5, 2021 - Harris County Commissioners Court authorized an agreement for archeological monitoring services, cultural resource investigations, and other environmental monitoring services as needed in support of this project.
December 15, 2020 - Harris County Commissioners Court authorized negotiations for the on-call archeological monitoring services, cultural resource investigations, and other environmental services as needed in for the channel modifications from Cole Creek to Hollister.
December 15, 2020 - Harris County Commissioners Court authorized negotiations for the engineering and testing services as needed in for the channel modifications from Cole Creek to Hollister.
November 10, 2020 - Harris County Commissioners approved an additional $161,691 for engineering and related services in support of this project.
September 15, 2020 – Harris County Commissioners Court awarded a $20,574,645 contract for construction of channel modifications on White Oak Bayou from Hollister Road to FM 1960.
July 14, 2020 - Harris County Commissioners Court approved the advertisement for construction bids for this project.
June 30, 2020 - Harris County Commissioners Court approved a $499,700 agreement for materials engineering and testing services in support of this project.
June 6, 2020 – Harris County Commissioners Court authorized the purchase of seven tracts of land in support of this project.
June 1, 2020 – To make way for the future White Oak Bayou Federal Flood Damage Reduction Project, the Houston Parks Board relocated approximately 100 trees that would otherwise be impacted by future construction.
May 19, 2020 – Harris County Commissioners Court approved updates to project details in the 2018 Bond Program List. Update changes funding based on 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act signed February 2018, in which the remaining amount of the agreement is at full Federal expense. Additionally, negotiations were authorized for materials engineering and testing services in support of this project.
April 7, 2020 - Harris County Commissioners Court authorized to purchase three tracts of land in support of this project
May 14, 2019 – Harris County Commissioners Court approved a $463,180 agreement with an engineering firm for engineering services in support of a project to construct channel conveyance improvements on White Oak Bayou from West Tidwell Road to FM 1960
December 18, 2018 – Harris County Commissioners Court authorized the County Judge to execute an amendment to the Flood Control District Project Partnership Agreement with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers that will allow the Corps to fully reimburse the Flood Control District for any work on the Hunting Bayou federal project after February 9, 2018. Previous partial reimbursements for $53 million in work completed before that date are ongoing and are still subject to annual federal appropriations.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers long-term investment plan of July 2018 includes $45 million to complete the project