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The upper Texas coast has seen several major coastal storm surge events in recent years, notably Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurricane Ike in 2008.
These, as well as other storm events, produced storm surges that inundated coastal areas causing impacts to human lives and economic damages to residents, industry and infrastructure, and waterways.
The Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) Program is being implemented to reduce the risk of storm surge impacts in Orange, Jefferson, and Brazoria Counties, Texas.
The Program is comprised of three projects, one which entails the construction of a new CSRM levee system in southern Orange County, and two which consist of improvements to existing Hurricane Flood Protection projects (HFPP) at Port Arthur and Freeport.
The Orange County and Freeport projects of the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay CSRM Program are currently in the Pre-Construction Engineering and Design (PED) phase, while the Port Arthur project is in the PED and construction phases.