Thursday, May 16, 2024

USACE provides the first payment of federal funding for the Coastal Texas Project in their FY 2024 Civil Works Program!

Happy Thursday!  We hope everyone is staying safe and dry in this thunderstorm going over Houston this evening!

Did anyone happen to see the News Release from Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) on May 15, 2024, titled, “Coastal Texas Project Provided Funding in FY 2024 Work Plan”?  GCPD’s release speaks about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released their FY 2024 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works Program.  USACE is providing the first payment from the U.S. government for the Coastal Texas Project in the amount of $500,000.  The federal monies will be going towards the preconstruction engineering and design for the Bolivar Peninsula and West Bay Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Shoreline and Island Protection feature called G-28, and its effort to get to construction.  The Coastal Texas Project is a partnership between the USACE, GCPD, and the Texas General Land Office, and their long-term project to protect the Texas coastline and all its inhabitants and businesses against severe and deadly weather.  We would like to congratulate the Coastal Texas Project for getting the federal monies to continue with this important task of protecting Texans!  If you would like to read more of the News Release from the GCPD, please click the link:   NEWS RELEASE: Coastal Texas Project Provided Funding in FY 2024 Work Plan / GulfCoast Protection District (gcpdtexas.com).

If you would like to learn more about our local GCPD, please click the link: NEWS RELEASE: Coastal Texas Project Provided Funding in FY 2024 Work Plan / GulfCoast Protection District (gcpdtexas.com).

If you would like to read more about USACE’s Civil Works funding plan for 2024, please click the link: Army Corps of Engineers releases Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2024 Civil Works appropriations > U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters > News Release Article View.

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We hope you have a wonderful evening and a productive week!  Keep dry and safe!