Dry Comal Creek Dam Project Gets New $4.8M Contract for Cut-Off Wall

(Comal County, TX) -- Comal County Commissioners met yesterday and approved a 4.8-million contract with Hayward Baker of Houston for the construction of the cut off wall at the Dry Comal Creek. After the cutoff wall is complete, and groundwater is prevented from moving beneath the location of the proposed dam, construction will resume on the rest of the project. Now that this contract is in place, with construction starting soon, Commissioners are hopeful that they are back on track with that project, which must be mostly complete by this summer in order to receive federal funding. To hear comments from Comal County Engineer Tom Hornseth on this topic, just click the Audio Clip link below.

In other action yesterday: Comal County Commissioner’s Court has given their Justice Center Steering Committee a thousand dollars to pay for travel expenses and to maintain a public website to share their findings. At their meeting yesterday morning, Commissioners approved that budget transfer to give that committee some funds to operate as it was intended. The committee, which is charged with the responsibility of coming up with recommendations regarding the potential construction and location of a county Justice Center.