For the past two and a half years, the Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District (GCCPRD) has been studying the need for a storm surge protection system in a six-county region of the upper Texas coast to mitigate current and future risks to the public, the economy, and the environment. Their Recommended Actions include a 14 foot high Coastal Spine to extend from High Island to San Luis Pass. One study proposes placing the barrier in the roadway right of way and raising the highway. Texas A&M Galveston has been working to develop a version of the coastal spine that follows a dune alignment. GCCPRD study team will develop and compare Benefit Cost Ratio for the respective dune and roadway alignments.
Example of a levee cross section with elongated slopes. Click image for larger view.
Storm Surge Suppression Study PHASE 3 REPORT Recommended Actions
[8-29-2016]
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Who is our area representatives following this study? Is anyone on the peninsula aware of what this storm surge protection system will do to our beach and property values?