Post-Harvey, Houston officials hope Congress is up for funding Ike Dike
by Kiah Collier and Neena Satija,
Texas Tribune
HOUSTON Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Tuesday gave his strongest endorsement to date for constructing a physical coastal barrier to protect the region from deadly storm surge during hurricanes.
Though such a barrier system would not have guarded against the unrelenting and unprecedented rain Hurricane Harvey dumped on the area, Turner one of the region's last leaders to endorse the "coastal spine" concept said at a Tuesday news conference that he believes it is crucial.
"We cannot talk about rebuilding" from Harvey "if we do not build the coastal spine, he said.
With Harvey which was downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it reached Houston "we again dodged the bullet."
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