Texas to bolster coast against erosion, storms
Published: September 15, 2009
Tags: Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston, Hurricane Ike, McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, South Padre Island, Texas
Juan A. Lozano AP Writer Houston — Texas is embarking on the biggest coastal protection effort in state history to fight beach erosion and defend against hurricanes. The $135.4 million plan comes a year after Hurricane Ike’s storm surge damaged thousands of homes in Galveston, the neighboring Bolivar Peninsula and other communities across southeast Texas. [...]