The North Houston (I-45) Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP) is a project of the Texas Department of Transportation. This planned reconstruction of Interstate Highway 45 north, between downtown Houston and the North Sam Houston Tollway, locally known as Beltway 8, also includes segments of connecting freeways. The project, as planned, is estimated to cost $7 billion. The Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Transportation…
The recently formed Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining (TRAM) is a statewide coalition of member groups (including CEC member organizations Bayou Land Conservancy, Bayou City Waterkeeper and Air Alliance Houston) seeking to work with lawmakers, state agencies, and good-faith industry operators to create state standards for best management practices in the rapidly expanding Aggregate Production Operation (APO) industry, and adopt those standards…
This meeting will cover topics such as the adoption of a citywide Climate Action Plan, the creating of an Office of Sustainability for the City of Houston, the submission of grant applications to Texas Parks & Wildlife, the expansion of a number of Municipal Utility Districts, among other topics.