CLEAR CREEK PRELIMINARY NED ALTERNATIVE
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
7,000
■■ Reduce riverine flood damages along Clear Creek and its tributaries. ■■ Maximize the net economic benefits of any identified Federal flood damage reduction project. ■■ Avoid adverse environmental impacts when possible. Minimize and mitigate and consider the existing aesthetic qualities of Clear Creek. ■■ Identify recreational opportunities ■■ Preserve cultural resources. Minimize and mitigate unavoidable impacts to these resources. ■■ Identify possible eco-friendly flood damage reduction solution. ■■ Identify and possible ecosystem restoration opportunities. PROJECT GOALS ■■ Identifying and recommending an effective, affordable and environmentally sensitive Federal flood damage reduction project for Clear Creek. ■■ Conducting necessary engineering, economic and environmental studies in a timely manner in order to establish a viable project that is acceptable to the public, local sponsor and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.
6,000
homes saved 41%
5,000
4,000
7,306
homes saved 57%
3,000
4,275
3,705
2,000
1,601
1,000
0
100 year
500 year
With Project Without Project STRUCTURAL FLOODING ESTIMATES
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Pearland in Motion / Winter/Spring 2019 / 9
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