Flooding prevention in Hidalgo County is the goal of the North Main Drain Expansion Project.

The drain is where water from the other major drains in Hidalgo County end up in, and a proposed $33 million project would widen about 15 miles of the drain to hold double what it currently can. 

The project recently got the attention of the Texas Water Development Board, which ranked the project #8 out of 110 projects across the state in the first ever statewide flood plan. It's now considered a priority project for state funding. 

The public comment period started on Thursday, Feb. 6, and ends on Monday, March 10.

Click here and follow the instructions to submit your public comments.