Master Plan for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Texas
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Master Plan for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Texas

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      This document presents the issues surrounding the ongoing, unmet maintenance needs of the Texas portion of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (or GIWW-T). It also presents recommendations for next steps to address those needs. In short, increased coastal development—particularly in the energy sector resulting from development of the Eagle Ford Shale play in South/Central Texas—has made the GIWW-T more important than it has ever been to the economy of Texas. Though the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (aka the Corps) is primarily responsible for maintaining the GIWW-T, reductions in federal funding have limited its ability to meet that responsibility. Over the long term, the net result of improperly maintaining the GIWW-T will be lost economic opportunity for Texas. Furthermore—beyond merely catching up in terms of maintaining the waterway—all indications are that the GIWW-T will need to accommodate an ever increasing volume of goods (especially petroleum and petrochemicals) to keep up with the shipping demands of the private sector. Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Project 0-6807, Texas Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Master Plan, has produced recommendations that will help the GIWW-T provide the capacity needed by the Texas economy in the coming decades. This document summarizes those recommendations.
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