Houston backs off wetlands plan

Infrastructure Development

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Port of Houston Authority commissioners voted to not go ahead with a plan to build a marsh of up to 411 acres in Galveston Bay with dredge spoils from the Bayport Ship Channel at a meeting Wednesday. Instead, the port plans to use existing disposal areas east of the bay on Atkinson Island. The Houston Chronicle said construction of the marsh had faced opposition from local governments, community, environmental and recreational groups, including the Houston Yacht Club....

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