Houston port signs environmental agreement
The Port of Houston Authority has signed a memorandum with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to preserve coastal prairie habitat as part of the development of the proposed Bayport Container and Cruise Terminal.
Under terms of the agreement, the port will preserve 456 acres along the lower part of the San Jacinto River and 500 acres on the Katy Prairie.
A three-mile-long buffer zone around the Bayport facility will include a berm 20 feet high, as well as a storm water collection system to protect Galveston Bay.