DELLANERA OFFSHORE BREAKWATER STUDY: A MULTIPLE MODEL STRATEGY TO OPTIMIZE BREAKWATER LOCATION AND SHAPE

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District (SWG) in partnership with the Galveston Park Board (GPB) entered into a Planning Assistance to States (PAS) study to examine the feasibility of an offshore breakwater as a mitigation feature for an anticipated GPB Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 406 Hazard Mitigation Proposal. SWG performed data collection, numerical modeling, alternatives development, and conceptual design work. The conceptual design and cost estimation developed as part of this study can be used by the GPB in their FEMA 406 Hazard Mitigation Proposal and permitting efforts.