The Record Newspapers - Hometown News For Orange County, Texas

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued this preliminary map of the Orange County Coastal Protection wall with a 2017 Feasibility Study. Yellow lines are for earthen levees, blue for floodwall. The Corps and the Jefferson County Drainage District will present and detail updated plans in a series of public outreach meetings in Orange County in late April. The latest timeline shows construction on the $2.4 billion project starting in 2024 with completion in 2028.