Fort Bend County officials are working to secure funding for a million-dollar project to permanently realign the Hackamore Road in Simonton.
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The announcement comes weeks after the Texas General Land Office granted the county approximately $25.8 million in funds to pay for two projects.$26 million secured to control erosion at Brazos River. Here’s how this will impact homeowners Shortly after the announcement, Claudia Hernandez was weary of the plans. She said she’s waiting to see construction crews.in April. “We don’t want to move from here. This is our home. It’s pretty peaceful. The neighborhood is awesome.”
“We’ve lost quite a bit,” she said. “I mean everyone said that it wasn’t going to happen again in maybe 100 years or something like that. As we’ve had storms, normal regular storms, as the river has risen up and after it recedes then you start seeing some of the land fall into the river and the trees and all that.”
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