City says 75% of identified Hollywood Road problems repaired; moving toward replacement
The City said 75% of the problems identified a year earlier had been repaired and that an additional $300,000 had been awarded on top of $17 million for repairs. Interim City Manager Floyd Hartman said the plant is in a flood plain and the City is moving toward completely replacing it. City officials said the City had not been fined for the overflow.[1]
In June 2024 the City said 75% of the problems identified a year earlier had been repaired and that an additional $300,000 had been awarded on top of $17 million allocated for repairs after the floods.[1]
Additional
$300,000
Prior allocation
$17,000,000
Share repaired
75%
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In June 2024, City officials said the City had not been fined for the overflow; TCEQ declined to comment. TCEQ's 2024-0022 order assessing $44,625 for the October 2023 discharges was published in the Texas Register on October 4, 2024.[1][2]
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Floyd Hartman, Interim City Manager: Interim City Manager Floyd Hartman said: "Out in the floods last year there was some severe damage to the wastewater plant and out of that many overflows." He said the plant is in a flood plain and that the City is moving toward completely replacing it.[1]