Happy Thursday!
We love an update on our Blog! Back in Mid-May we blogged about the Coastal
Texas Project was receiving money from the federal government in the amount
of $500,000. It appears, "what next!" has
happened. Check out of blog about Coastal
Texas Project.
Did anyone happen to see the News Release from Gulf
Coast Protection District (GCPD) on August 15, 2024, titled, “USACE and
GCPD Sign Design Agreement for the Coastal Texas Project”? GCPD’s release speaks about the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Gulf Coast Protection
District (GCPD) have partnered up to start planning the Coastal
Texas Project, and its goal to make
the Galveston Bay Storm Surge Barrier System and Ecosystem Restoration a
reality, and their relationship was made official by signing a Design Agreement
in the beginning of August 2024. The Coastal
Texas Project is a plan or strategy to help decrease damage from coastal
storms which have eroded and marred the Texas coastline by repairing the
ecologies and protecting the communities which call the Texas Gulf Coast home. The Design Agreement formalizes the partnership and specifies each entities individual duty as well as makes the
GCPD a non-Federal sponsor of the project.
GCPD will be accountable for 35% of the design cost and they will help
plan certain elements of the project. The
Army Civil Works Program FY24 Work Plan and this signed contract will move the
project forward and the collaboration for preliminary work and plans may
commence. More contracts are expected to
be signed as the project progresses at different stages and different parties become
involved as the improvements move down the Texas Coastline. We would like to wish the parties involved luck
in making a creative plan to protect those of us on the Texas Coast. If you would like to read more of the News
Release from the GCPD, please click the link: USACE_and_GCPD_Sign_Design_Agreement_for_the_Coastal_Texas_Project_GCPD_f645f5e526.pdf(website-media-gulf-coast-pd.s3.amazonaws.com)
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We hope you
have a wonderful evening and a productive week!
**Disclaimer: Please see the GCPD’s News Release for
specifics on this important project. **