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- Dike Before the repairs
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- The New Repaired Dike viewed from the end
The Texas City Dike is open again!! This means that our down-winders from the end of the dike can resume. The bad news is that the City of Texas City is now charging for access to the Dike AND Levee Fri-Sun until the end of October. Overall the Toll system runs from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. each Friday, Saturday and Sunday through the end of October. The dike access fee will resume on those weekend hours Memorial Day weekend and will continue through Labor Day weekend.
Bitter-sweet that the Dike is open but they started charging for access to the Levee now. I have to say that they did a GREAT job on the dike and it is a pleasure to drive out on. The landboarding at the end is also still good. We were worried that changes would have effected the landboarding section at the end of the Dike but it has not.
For a Complete listing of all rules check out the Texas City online help guide:
http://www.texas-city-tx.org/RecTour/RecTourdocs/Flyer_DikeFAQ09-13-10.pdf
Another helpful article:
http://www.khou.com/news/New-fee-no-hamper-on-Texas-City-dike-traffic-102730964.html