Texas “Ike Dike” coastal barrier project could cost $57 billion with inflation, Army Corps says

Galveston Beach would be built up with new dunes, Galveston Island's seawall would be raised and massive gates would protect the mouth of Galveston Bay under the proposed "Ike Dike" project. (Credit: Briana Vargas for The Texas Tribune)

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Inflation could push the cost of Texas’ coastal barrier project — already expected to be the largest civil engineering project in U.S. history — to $57 billion, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said.