Source: MySanAntonio.com

A nearly $61 billion state plan to rebuild Houston and the Texas coast after Hurricane Harvey includes funding for three “coastal spines” to control flooding, new reservoirs and buyouts of thousands of properties. About 60 percent of the funding would go to “future proof” flood-prone areas and 33 percent would pay for buy-outs and elevating buildings in low-lying regions stretching roughly from Rockport to the Beaumont area and parts of Southeast Texas where Harvey hit hardest. Gov. Greg Abbott and top Texas leaders briefed top Washington officials and the Texas legislative delegation Tuesday afternoon on the previously undisclosed plan. Much of the funding would go to the Houston area — Texas' largest city and the fourth largest in the United States. The plan appears to mirror much of a long-standing plan in Harris County to buy out properties in the most flood-prone areas.