Posted on 10/28/2025 3:18:13 PM PDT by texas booster
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The original 1954 Queen Isabella Causeway is under demolition as part of a newly initiated project by the General Land Office of Texas and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Material from the original causeway will be used to create an artificial reef site located 10.1 miles offshore of the Brownsville Ship Channel entrance jetties at South Padre Island.
The project is expected to cost approximately $9.2 million and will serve as a habitat for marine life managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife.
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The project engineer, AECOM Technical Services, Inc., has been working with the project since 2021, and the project construction contract was awarded to Callan Marine LTD in May 2025.
The original causeway was replaced in 1974 with the current causeway that connects Port Isabel to South Padre Island.
A new causeway will soon be built approximately four miles north of the current causeway, between FM 106 and Park Road 100 on South Padre Island.
Construction on the new causeway project is expected to begin in 2029.
This will cause the sea level to rise!
“The original causeway was replaced in 1974” — it took them over 50 years to get around to demolishing the old one?
“We’re going to demolish the old causeway.”
“What will you do with all the rubble?”
“We’ll dump it in the ocean.”
“I’ll sue to stop you from polluting our ocean!”
vs
“We’re going to demolish the old causeway.”
“What will you do with all the rubble?”
“We’ll build an artificial reef in the ocean”
“Fantastic! I’ll recommend you for an award!”
When the government dumps their rubbish I the ocean it’s “artificial reef construction.” If I throw a chunk of cement in the water I would be arrested.
Build an artificial reef out of Manhattan.
Wanna bet a lot or permits get issued for “artificial reefs” when the lifecycle of all those windmills ends?
The old bridge was hit by a barge and killed eight people. Lots of photos of Gov Rick Perry looking incredibly young talking to kids, giving speeches.
It was a big deal back in 2001 when it happened.
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