WALLER County, Texas (Covering Katy News) — Waller County will purchase approximately 1,600 acres north of Houston Executive Airport, from the Houston Airport System to develop regional flood detention facilities and parkland using $25 million in state funding. The airport is six miles from Katy City Hall.
County Judge Trey Duhon announced the project during the 3rd Annual Waller County Infrastructure Conference, saying the land acquisition was secured through a budget rider in the recently approved state budget.
“If we don’t invest in the infrastructure that supports that growth—roads, drainage systems, electric grids—then we risk losing everything that makes Waller County special,” Duhon said during his keynote address at the conference organized by Waller County Economic Development Partnership Executive Director Vince Yokom…