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</script><link rel="stylesheet" href="//s0.ipstatp.com/css/pgc/story.63533d23.css" onerror="handleStaticError.call(this)" type="text/css"/></head><body class="platform-pc    "><div id="root"><div class="story-pc-container" data-reactroot=""><div class="nav-container"><div class="nav-main"><a class="nav-logo" href="/feed">TopBuzz</a><div class="nav-right"><div class="nav-edit"></div><div class="nav-account"><span class="signin">Sign in</span><span class="signup">Sign up</span></div></div></div></div><div class="story-pc-body"><div class="article-container"><div class="article-header-container"><div class="title">Why Dallas must use Hurricane Harvey as a catalyst for responsible growth</div><div class="info"><span class="name">The Dallas Morning News</span><span class="publishTime">2017-09-05 </span></div></div><article><main><div class="story-content-container"><div class="editor-container"><p>Here's another gut punch for Houston residents making their way this week back to flooded homes and settling into shelters miles away: Harris County planners saw the devastation of Hurricane Harvey coming two decades ago and proposed a way to prevent it — but the advice was ignored. </p><p>Dallas Morning News reporter Steve Thompson reports that a 1996 report concluded the reservoir system was insufficient and proposed constructing a $400 million underground channel to carry water safely away.</p><p>The proposal never got off the ground because it had no funding and there was a lack of cooperation among many agencies. </p><p>What a lesson to Harris County officials today — and to the leaders of other flood-prone areas around the state, including Dallas. </p><p>Harvey was a 500-year flood event, meaning that it's unlikely anything could have spared all the homes damaged in the Houston area this past week. But had the report's recommendations been heeded, it's possible that thousands fewer Texans would be essentially homeless this week, dozens of lives might have been saved and millions of dollars in rebuilding efforts averted. </p><p>Hindsight, of course, is 20/20. No one could prepare for 50 inches of rain. Still, this prophecy is a tragic reminder of the need for vigilance about preparing the proper infrastructure to accommodate rapid growth — in Houston, in Dallas and in neighborhoods throughout Texas. </p><p>Thousands of residents have been driven from their homes, jobs and schools in this massive flooding. It should light a fire under officials to collaborate on smart strategies that can better protect this region. </p><p>Samir Novruzov walks through a flooded street Monday in Katy, Texas. Over a week after Hurricane Harvey hit Southern Texas, residents are beginning the long process of recovering from the storm.  </p><p>Houston has long known it was potentially in harm's way.</p><p>The 1996 report pointed out that two reservoirs — designed in the 1940s to store water from heavy rains — were rendered outdated because of changes to the system and rapid urban development. Thousands of homes and businesses in the reservoir and fringe areas were at risk for flooding because the reservoirs could not be efficiently drained.</p><p>The authors of the report called for a feasibility study for an underground conduit to carry water out of the reservoirs and safely past developed areas downstream. The Katy Freeway, about to be reconstructed, provided a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity for a draining channel route, they said.</p><p>It never happened.</p><p>Then last week, Hurricane Harvey made the predictions a reality. The reservoirs were nearly full. Rather than let water keep rising in the reservoirs, the federal officials opened the floodgates knowing it would flood neighborhoods downstream. We're alarmed that many residents didn't even know their homes were at risk.</p><p>Dallas officials are confident the Trinity River levees won't break and cause the kind of massive flooding Houston suffered. But this city has seen much flash flooding. </p><p>What's more, Dallas is no stranger to the kind of massive growth its Gulf Coast neighbors have experienced. Such growth, if not regulated carefully, can make matters worse. It's time for a rigorous and transparent review of how well we're prepared.  </p><p>The storms seem to be coming coming faster and faster. Florida is bracing for Hurricane Irma now.</p><p>We urge state legislators and city leaders across Texas to take planning needs seriously. We have an opportunity to learn from our Houston neighbors about the importance of growing responsibly. </p><p>Lives are at stake.</p><p></p><h2>What they said</h2><p>"As development continues behind the reservoirs, there is the potential to expose as many as 25,000 homes and businesses in the reservoir fringe areas to flooding." - <b>Harris County planners </b>in 1996 report</p><p>"Anytime anybody comes up with a good idea, there are lots of studies and information about why it won't work, it can't be afforded, or it's not practical or politically expedient, and there was all of that... They built the highway, and there's no storm sewer under it, and don't we wish it were today." - <i>Arthur Storey, Harris County flood control director </i><i>at time of the 1996 report.</i> </p><p>What's your view?</p><p>Got an opinion about this issue? 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