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Texas ‘Coastal Spine’ Garners Legislative Backing Renderings of Tier I structures included in the Coastal Texas Study, with vertical lift gates closed, left, and open, right. (Courtesy of Texas General Land Office)

Renderings of Tier I structures included in the Coastal Texas Study, with vertical lift gates closed, left, and open, right. (Courtesy of Texas General Land Office)

Texas ‘Coastal Spine’ Garners Legislative Backing

July 29, 2022

A trio of Texas congressmen have introduced the Texas Coastal Spine Authorization Act in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in an effort to ensure the U.S. Read More

Chief’s Report Signed For Coastal Texas Study

September 24, 2021

Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general and chief of engineers, signed the Chief’s Report for the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Study on September 16. Read More

Barges Removed, Bridge Partially Reopened At Channelview Screen capture from Coast Guard drone video of the removal of the second barge from the I-10 bridge.

Screen capture from Coast Guard drone video of the removal of the second barge from the I-10 bridge.

Barges Removed, Bridge Partially Reopened At Channelview

September 27, 2019

Around midnight September 20, following torrential rain dropped in the Houston area by the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda, nine barges broke away from their moorings at San Jacinto River… Read More

$31 Billion Texas Coastal Barrier Proposed

November 2, 2018

On October 26, the Galveston Engineer District released a long-discussed tentatively selected plan for protecting Texas’ vulnerable coastline against storm surge by building a series of offshore barriers, the total… Read More