"Texas is embarking on the biggest coastal protection effort in state history to fight beach erosion and defend against future hurricanes, state Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson said Monday.
The $135.4 million plan comes just a year after Hurricane Ike's powerful storm surge damaged thousands of homes in Galveston, the neighboring Bolivar Peninsula and other communities across southeast Texas.
The Sept. 13, 2008, hurricane also scoured away beaches, submerged marshes in seawater and ruined thousands of acres of vegetation."
by The Associated Press
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$135 million pledged to restore Texas beaches
By: shannond | September 15th, 2009 at 10:42am
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