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In an effort to save on cash processing and hand handling fees, 22 national parks have gone cashless as of 2023. In September 2023, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) proposed the "Protecting Access to Recreation with Cash Act" (PARC) which would require national parks to accept cash as a form of payment for entrance fee. [13]
West Houston Airport (IATA: IWS, ICAO: KIWS, FAA LID: IWS) is a privately owned, public use airport in Harris County, Texas, [1] 15 miles west of Downtown Houston [1] in the Greater Katy area. It opened in 1962 and was known as Lakeside Airport until the early 1980s [ 2 ] due to its location near the edge of Addicks reservoir .
On June 27, 2007, The Texas State Legislature approved Tomball's request to annex Hooks Airport even though the airport does not border the Tomball city limits. Since the airport is in the city of Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction, the city of Tomball must get permission from Houston to annex the airport. [3]
No cash accepted. Reservations required, toll is entrance fee for Yosemite National Park. Open in summer only. SR 89 (Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway) Morgan Summit Summertown $30 Toll is entrance fee for Lassen Volcanic National Park. No cash. SR 198 SR 180 (Generals Hwy and Kings Canyon Highway) Three Rivers: Pinehurst: $35
Houston Community College Alief Campus, opened in 2007, is located along Westheimer in Westchase. [58] In 2017, the West Houston Institute, a STEM-focused facility, opened adjacent to HCC Alief. [59] American InterContinental University, a for-profit institution, operates its Houston campus in the district. [60]
The Houston ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. Houston Center is the 8th busiest ARTCC in the United States. In 2024, Houston Center handled 2,338,712 aircraft. [2] The center controls airspace in southern Texas, Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southwestern Alabama, and areas in the Gulf of Mexico. [3]
Andrau Airpark closed in 1998. Sunrise Colony Co. developed Royal Oaks Country Club. The company selected the site to develop a community because of the location in proximity to several business districts (it is immediately west of the Westchase business district), The Galleria, entertainment centers, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, and William P. Hobby Airport (via the Sam Houston ...
The park is 2,154.63 acres (8.7195 km 2) in size and has paved roads and parking spaces that visitors can use.The park also has walking trails, an equestrian trail, a small zoo (including buffaloes, an ostrich, and emus) and aviary, playgrounds, soccer fields, little league and softball fields, a football field with a chalkboard, four lighted tennis courts, eight picnic pavilions, horseshoe ...