Texas Growth-Friendly Policies Being Rethought After Hurricane Harvey

Oil filled floodwater washed through Texas homes when Hurricane Harvey hit. According to reuters.com, during the aftermath, “3,000… Houston-area homeowners who grew weary of ripping out waterlogged drywall and ruined refrigerators after three devastating floods in three years.” This has caused Texas officials to rethink Texas’s growth friendly policies. They now plan to build new reservoirs, a coastal barrier, and dredge waterways. Texas officials are squaring away $61 billion deal from Washington to help pay for it.