HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- To help mitigate flooding, Harris County is considering large-scale projects, including going more than 100 feet below water to move water.

For some neighbors along Halls Bayou, construction sounds come too frequently. Not because of new homes, but they're having to rebuild.

"We flooded in 2001, and we flooded in 2017," Erik Lindsey explained.

To help, Lindsey listed several ideas to Eyewitness News, including dredging and walls. One item he didn't consider was a tunnel.

"If you start digging tunnels and you're moving earth from around then you're going to lessen the strength I would think of the surrounding areas," Lindsey explained.

Over the last six years, the flood control district said it has spent $4.5 million studying tunnels. $300,000 from a federal g

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