Sabine Pass to Galveson Bay Corps Feasibility Study Re-Scoping Project

Summary

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is mandated to determine the level of practicality and feasibility of potential coastal storm risk management and ecosystem restoration projects within Brazoria County and the Jefferson-Orange County study area.  The USACE is required to conduct this study to determine if there is a federal interest in constructing such projects, and if so, to recommend projects for Congressional approval .  The GLO is the non-federal sponsor.

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Basics

• Brazoria
• Chambers
• Galveston
• Harris
• Jefferson
• Orange

N/A

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

$4,400,000

Classification

• CEPRA
• Federal

Planning, Study, Data Collection

Study

Timeline

01/10/13

Completed

01/10/16

2017

Funding Sources

Source 1

1523

Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)

Primary

State

$2,100,000

07,08

Source 2

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Primary

Federal

$2,300,000

07,08

2007,2008