The U.S. House voted to authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin planning for the massive coastal barrier project in Galveston Bay, but funding is not yet secured.
Hurricane Ike devastated Seabrook in 2008. The U.S. House of Representatives approved a massive project to protect the Texas coast from future hurricanes. The Senate must still approve the project., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Only five Texans, all Republicans, voted against the bill: U.S. Reps. Pat Fallon of Sherman, Lance Gooden of Terrell, Troy Nehls of Richmond, Chip Roy of Austin and Van Taylor of Plano.“It’s important for Texans to come together around supporting this project,” Fletcher said.The bill doesn’t include funding, which will require a separate request to Congress from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Fletcher and others expect Congress to fund it in smaller appropriations rather than all at once.
Bob Stokes, president of the Galveston Bay Foundation, a conservation nonprofit, said he’s wary of how the massive project has moved through the process without, in his view, figuring out all the details of its environmental impacts, such as what reducing the flow of water in and out of Galveston Bay could do to the environment.
As for the potential damage to natural water flows, wildlife, and fish, Mitchell said he trusts the Corps. “This will be an environmentally sensitive project,” he said.Fletcher and other members of the Texas congressional delegation have worked to convince their colleagues in Congress of the project’s national significance, arguing that it’s crucial to protect the nation’s biggest concentration of oil, gas and petrochemical facilities.
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