The annual defense bill that Congress is working to pass by the end of the year includes final approval for the plan to build the coastal barrier known as the 'Ike Dike' at the mouth of Galveston Bay.
Legislation approving the barrier cleared both chambers this summer. But that bill, the Water Resources Development Act, stalled in negotiations, with lawmakers ironing out differences in the House and Senate versions. It has now been rolled into the annual defense bill, must-pass legislation almost certain to be signed into law by President Joe Biden.“We’ve seen the damage storms and natural disasters can bring to our region over recent years," said U.S. Rep.
Plans call for a gated structure stretching across the mouth of Galveston Bay and the Houston Ship Channel, as well as 43 miles of dunes protecting the Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula coastline, a"ring levee" that would protect the north side of Galveston island and ecosystem restoration extending southwest to South Padre Island.
The defense bill does not include funding for the project, meaning Congress will have to approve spending on it at a later date, something lawmakers have acknowledged could be a"heavy lift." The project, which could take two decades to complete, draws its name from Hurricane Ike, a catastrophic storm that hammered Galveston and the Texas Gulf Coast in September 2008. Ike rampaged through 26 Texas counties, leaving dozens dead and causing nearly $30 billion in damage before turning north.
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