Summary
The Galveston Park Board of Trustees and The Texas General Land Office CEPRA program are conducting a beach nourishment project with beneficial use of dredged material (BUDM) at Babe’s Beach. The GLO and the Park Board are conferring with the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to ensure that approximately 500,000 cubic yards of beach quality sand is to be placed on Babe’s Beach (west of 61 st street). The material is being taken from the USACE maintenance of the Galveston Channel and Houston Ship Channel. A beach nourishment event will be completed in 2021 and 2023.
Basics
Galveston
N/A
City of Galveston Park Board of Trustees
$53,250,000
Classification
- CEPRA
- Federal
Beach Nourishment with Beneficial use of Dredged Material
Timeline
completed
Funding Sources
Source 1
1693
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Primary
State
$4,500,000
11
2020
Source 2
City of Galveston Park Board of Trustees
Primary
Other
$13,000,000
Source 3
US Army Corps of Engineers Commitment
Other
Other
$28,000,000
Source 4
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Other
Federal
$7,750,000
2020
Contacts
Responsibility
General Land Office
Contact