Texas leaders to Trump: Houston area needs billions for hurricane protection
Almost a decade after Hurricane Ike killed dozens of people and caused $30 billion in damage, a group of Texas politicians and business leaders say they finally have “all the support necessary” to break ground on a massive coastal barrier that would protect the Houston area from another devastating hurricane. Now they just need $15 billion to build it. And that’s what they urged the federal government to provide in a recent letter to President Donald Trump. Signers of the letter include Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, more than 20 area mayors including Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, and several Houston-area members of the […]
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