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Coastal Projects

West Galveston Emergency Project Study

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
General Land Office
The study area will be focused on up to approximately one mile of Gulf shoreline of Galveston Island in the vicinity of the Riviera and West Beach Grand Condominiums.

Old Queen Isabella Causeway Demolition and Engineered Reef Design

Cameron
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
AECOM
The remaining western portion of the original Causeway will be demolished and salvageable material will be uses to build an artificial reef.

Beneficial Dredge Use Master Plan - Phase 2 GLO Regions 3 and 4

Lower Coast
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Ducks Unlimited
The goal of this project is to provide up to 90% project design, including geotechnical analysis, magnetometer surveys, and revisions to engineering and permit packages on up to five high priority Beneficial Use project sites.

Hydroclimatic Modulations of Bacteria/Nutrient Input to Texas Coastal Water

Brazoria
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi will evaluate the vulnerability of on-site sewage facilities (OSSFs, i.e., septic systems) to tidal fluctuations, hydrologic conditions, and other factors that link bacteria and nitrogen inputs to nearshore waters using groundwater-seawater interaction analyses and source tracking.

Improvements to the Wastewater Treatment of Nueces County

Nueces
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Nueces River Authority
The Nueces River Authority will install equipment to replace obsolete, non-functioning equipment of the wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the northwest quadrant of Nueces County.

Bob Hall Pier Parking Project

Nueces
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Nueces County
Nueces County will replace the Bob Hall Pier parking lot, which was permanently damaged by Hurricane Hanna in July 2020.

Study and Expansion of Oyster Shell Recycling & Reef Restoration

Galveston
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Galveston Bay Foundation
Galveston Bay Foundation
Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) will continue to expand the Oyster Shell Recycling Program and partner with University of Houston to analyze two reef restoration techniques.

South Padre Island Beach Access #16 Neptune Circle Improvements

Cameron
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of South Padre Island
City of South Padre Island
The City of South Padre Island will construct a permanent restroom and install an Americans with Disability Act compliant ramp for the ingress and egress of the walkover.

Smart and Self-Sustaining Early Warning Systems for Coastal Flooding

Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP) University of Texas at San Antonio
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
University of Texas at San Antonio will develop smart and self-sustaining early-warning systems for coastal flooding with state-of-the-art low-power Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML) and energy harvesting solutions.

Olivia Haterius Park Infrastructure

Calhoun
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Calhoun County
Calhoun County
Calhoun County will construct additional park amenities at Olivia Haterius Park.

Monitoring and Analysis of Sediment and Nutrients and their associated pollutants

Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Texas A&M University - Kingsville will monitor sediment and nutrients loads into the Nueces/Corpus Christi Bay and address identified pollutant data gaps.

Impacts of Major Storms on Coastal Erosion in the Texas Gulf Coast

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP) University of Houston
University of Houston
The University of Houston will measure the impacts of major storms on coastal erosion in the Texas Gulf Coast.

Hitchcock City Parks: Mitigating Non-Point Source Pollution with Green Infrastructure

Galveston
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Service
Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Service
Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Service will install at least three green infrastructure installations and interpretive signs in Hitchcock City parks consistent with Clean Coast Texas.

Fred Stone Park Amenities Enhancements Phase 3

Willacy
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Willacy County
Willacy County
Willacy County will construct 1,600 linear feet of walking trail around the park, install interpretive signage along the trail, and place trash receptacles around the Fred Stone park.

Flooding frequency and afterstorm dune recovery in Cedar Lakes' washover

Brazoria
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University - Engineering Experiment Station
Texas A&M University - Engineering Experiment Station
The project will help inform future interventions to protect the Cedar Lakes ecosystem and relevant coastal infrastructure.

Dune Restoration Phase II South Padre Island

Cameron
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of South Padre Island
City of South Padre Island
The City of South Padre Island will restore dunes on public beaches by installing sand fencing along a one-mile corridor and planting native dune vegetation.

Clear Creek Riparian Restoration Project

Harris
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Bayou Preservation Association
Bayou Preservation Association, Inc.
Bayou Preservation Association (BPA) will complete the final phase of the Clear Creek Riparian Restoration project at Challenger Seven Memorial Park.

South Padre Island Beach Nourishment with Beneficial Use of Dredge Material (FY2024 event)

Cameron
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) City of South Padre Island
City of South Padre Island
Ongoing nourishment of a segment of beach within the City of South Padre Island corporate limits through beneficial use of dredge material.

Sediment Characterization along Texas Gulf Beaches

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
General Land Office
The intent of the project is to establish representative values for sediment grain size, percent fines, sorting index, and other parameters to help establish guidelines for selecting borrow sources for beach nourishment projects.

Longshore Transport Model, Regions 2 & 3

Aransas
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
General Land Office
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) intends to analyze existing Texas Gulf of Mexico hydrodynamic information and develop a sand transport mode.