What Houston’s flood tunnel could do — and what it can’t.
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
02/16/2022
3 doc(s)
Addicks Reservoir; Barker Reservoir; Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army; Flood control; Hurricane Harvey; Reservoirs
Corps' final report on coastal barrier to be released this week
Galveston Daily News
Ferguson, J.
09/05/2021
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army
Bill would implement hurricane plan touted by Texas A&M-Galveston professor
Bryan Eagle
Wiley, K.
06/12/2021
1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Emergency management; Gulf Coast Protection District; Texas A&M University - Galveston
Act now to stop the storm damage ahead
San Antonio Express News
King, B.
04/24/2021
2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Coastal protection; Gulf Coast Protection District; Special taxing districts; Tropical storms
Senate approves bill for Gulf Coast protection taxing district
Galveston Daily News
Ferguson, J.
04/16/2021
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Gulf Coast; Gulf Coast Protection District; Special taxing districts; Taylor, Larry (of Friendswood)
'Ike Dike' tax could go to voters
Beaumont Enterprise
Powell, N.
04/04/2021
1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Flood control; Gulf Coast Protection District; Orange County; Special taxing districts; Taylor, Larry (of Friendswood)
How do you build and maintain $26 billion 'Ike Dike'? Bonds, taxes, eminent domain, says senate bill
Houston Chronicle
Powell, N.
03/30/2021
2 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Flood control; Gulf Coast Protection District; Special taxing districts; Taylor, Larry (of Friendswood)
Revised ‘Ike Dike’ plan would cost $26.2B, include massive sea gates and 43 miles of sand dunes
Houston Chronicle
Powell, N.
10/28/2020
3 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army
Flooding risk rises in Houston area
Dallas Morning News
Lozano, J.
09/23/2020
2 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army; Flood control; Flooding; Houston, Texas; Tropical storms; Turner, Sylvester
Can’t wait for Ike Dike? We must act now to protect Galveston Bay. Here’s how.
Houston Chronicle
Stokes, B.
09/02/2020
3 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Galveston Bay
Three years after Harvey, close call with Laura should scare Houston into action
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
08/28/2020
4 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Emergency management; Flood control; Hurricane Harvey; Hurricane Laura; Tropical storms
Coastal residents remain wary of barrier proposal despite Army Corps revisions
Houston Chronicle
Powell, N.
02/09/2020
3 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Coastal protection; Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army; Dams and levees; Flooding; General Land Office, Texas; Tropical storms
Gate at San Luis Pass not in revised barrier plans
Galveston Daily News
Ferguson, J.
11/05/2019
2 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Flood control
Study: Texas coastal barrier would avert economic distress
Houston Chronicle
Powell, N.
05/22/2019
3 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Economic impact; Gulf Coast; Tropical storms
Corps’ barrier plan ditches levees
Houston Chronicle
Morris, M.
05/09/2019
4 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army
Corps' storm-surge solution is a giant boondoggle
Galveston Daily News
Rota, M.
01/05/2019
2 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army; Dams and levees; Flood control
Bush calls on corps to draft new barrier plans
Galveston Daily News
Ferguson, J.
12/21/2018
1 doc(s)
Bush, George P.; Coastal barrier systems; Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army
Bush favors building coastal barriers along the beach
Galveston Daily News
Ferguson, J.
12/15/2018
2 doc(s)
Bolivar Peninsula; Bush, George P.; Coastal barrier systems; Galveston Bay; Galveston Island; Middleton, Mayes
Harvey was a wake-up call for Texas, report concludes
Galveston Daily News
Ferguson, J.
12/14/2018
2 doc(s)
Coastal protection; Emergency management; Flood control; Hurricane Harvey; Sharp, John
Protect momentum behind Ike Dike before it’s gone
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
11/18/2018
2 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Coastal protection
Army Corps: Storm data up to date
Houston Chronicle
Powell, N.
11/16/2018
2 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army
Experts concerned about 'Ike Dike’
Dallas Morning News
A.P. Wire
11/13/2018
2 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems
Ratings agency gives a lift to new 'Ike Dike' plan
Houston Chronicle
Leinfelder, A.
11/01/2018
2 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Emergency management
Ike Dike plan brings promise and questions
Beaumont Enterprise
Editorial
10/30/2018
4 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems
Hurricane barrier proposed
Dallas Morning News
Lozano, J.
10/28/2018
3 doc(s)
Coastal barrier systems; Flood control; Tropical storms
