Galveston Island State Park

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https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2023/03/31/448063/new-and-improved-galveston-island-state-park-expects-summer-spike-in-visitors/

"The 2,000-acre park that stretches across the island fully reopened last June after a three-year, $24 million redevelopment project on the beach side facing the Gulf of Mexico, using $10.6 million from a restoration fund set up after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Galveston Island State Park was "completely devastated" two years before that by Hurricane Ike, according to assistant park superintendent Kyle O'Haver, who said the nature center and several other buildings flooded while some campsite and beachfront areas were lost.

Much of the 48-year-old park has been restored, and some of its new storm-resilient features were explained to the public Friday during a grand reopening celebration. Among them are elevated grounds for campsites, the park headquarters building and some of the day-use areas, which aim to make them more resilient to flooding. O'Haver also said many of the new structures throughout the park are rated to withstand higher wind speeds than before and also are more securely anchored, and the electrical stations for campers are more resistant to water and salt."