Sargent Flooding: Caney Creek

We were featured on Fox News tonight about the Caney Creek flooding that has not gone down after two bad storms.  GLO just awarded a ton of money - $8 million to Matagorda and $5 million to Palacious for drainage work.  Sargent gets nothing.  We have to push our elected leaders to do more. 

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/beach-town-of-sargent-in-matagorda-county-still-dealing-with-flooding

Press coverage like this will help!  Let's Clear Caney Creek! 


 

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