Coastal Texas Study forges ahead; EPA assesses Cy-Fair super fund site

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Coastal Texas Study forges ahead; EPA assesses Cy-Fair super fund site

By Olivia Aldridge | 3:43 PM Oct 21, 2022 CDT
Updated 4:57 PM Oct 21, 2022 CDT

Photo of politicians and community members sitting around a table — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Austin, met with various officials Oct. 13 at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Clear Lake for a roundtable discussion about the Coastal Texas Study, a yearslong effort by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Texas General Land Office to plan and design projects to protect Texas’ coast from major storms. (Jake Magee/Community Impact)

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Austin, met with various officials Oct. 13 at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Clear Lake for a roundtable discussion about the Coastal Texas Study, a yearslong effort by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Texas General Land Office to plan and design projects to protect Texas’ coast from major storms. (Jake Magee/Community Impact)

The Oct. 21 episode of the Houston Breakdown focuses on environmental concerns in Houston, including a discussion with Community Impact’s Bay Area Editor Jake Magee about recent conversations among officials regarding the Coastal Texas Study, a massive effort to shore up Texas’ coast to protect from hurricanes. Plus, Editor Danica Lloyd sheds light on what’s going on with a local super fund site in Cy-Fair.

By Olivia Aldridge

Host & Producer

Olivia hosts and produces Community Impact Newspaper's podcasts, the Austin Breakdown, the Houston Breakdown and the DFW Breakdown. She launched the podcasts after nearly three years as a reporter for the newspaper, covering public health, business, development and Travis County government for the Central Austin edition. Olivia worked as a reporter and producer for South Carolina Public Radio before moving to Texas. You can follow her on Twitter @ojaldridge.