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The Ike Dike is a proposed coastal barrier that, when completed, would protect the Galveston Bay in Texas, United States.The project would be a dramatic enhancement of the existing Galveston Seawall, complete with floodgates, which would protect more of Galveston, the Bolivar Peninsula, the Galveston Bay Area, and Houston.
Bolivar Peninsula beach devastation from Hurricane Ike Bolivar Point - September 13, 2008 Damage from Ike in Gilchrist. Bolivar Peninsula got the strong side of the storm. [31] Bolivar Peninsula, just east across the water from the landfall site on Galveston Island, had been submerged under the storm tide. [32]
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Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula are generally at the greatest risk. However, though the island and the peninsula provide some shielding, [42] [43] the bay shoreline still faces significant danger from storm surge. [44] Hurricane Ike, the most economically and environmentally destructive event on the bay since 1900, struck in 2008. [45]
The latest figure is 68% higher than an earlier estimate of $34 billion, and it’s unclear when — or whether — Congress will appropriate the money to build the massive system of gates ...
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A proposal has been put forth to build an "Ike Dike", a massive levee system that would protect the Galveston Bay and the important industrial facilities that line the coast and the Houston Ship Channel from a future, potentially more destructive storm. The proposal has gained widespread support from a variety of business interests.