Featured City to reach all homes with curbside recycling (Katherine Driessen and Mike Morris – Houston Chronicle, 9/15/2014) All Houston residents who get city trash service will be able to roll their recyclables to the curb in 96-gallon green carts by the start of 2015, a milestone that has been years in the making as the city slowly expanded the…
Featured Houston getting $10 million for traffic tracking systems (Houston Chronicle, 9/10/2014) An ongoing project to expand and upgrade traffic systems in the Houston area has received $10 million from a highly-competitive federal transportation program, officials confirmed. Though it won’t build a new road or add another bus route, officials said the money will improve traffic by bolstering Houston’s transportation…
Featured Army Nuclear Reactor Barge Headed For Dismantling In Galveston (Dave Fehling – Houston Public Media, 9/8/2014) Sometime this winter, a historic, radioactive sea vessel will float into Galveston and be torn apart for scrap. This ship was once used to generate electricity to operate the locks in the Panama Canal. After 7 years of use, the ship was no longer…