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County approves buy-in to developer detention, $5.1M regional detention design contract

Waller County Commissioners Court · April 15, 2026
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Summary

Waller County approved an amendment to buy into detention at Lakes of Cane Island (county share ~8%) to support three mobility projects and contracted for design work on a regional detention facility using $5.1 million in state grant funds; county will fund a $1.5M outfall for Morton Road.

Waller County Commissioners Court approved two linked drainage actions intended to address detention shortfalls tied to multiple road projects.

First, the court approved an amendment to a development agreement that buys county access to detention capacity through the Lakes of Cane Island development. Robert (county policy administration) said the county will pay just over 8 percent of the detention cost as a buy-in — a total program cost of about…

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