Johnson, Roy B., Jr.Texas Parks & Wildlife Coastal Fisheries Project Reports 19662010-02-152010-02-151966http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19902pages 147-157; available for download at the link below.In 1962 construction was begun on the Texas City and Vicinity Hurricane- Flood Protection Project, a program of the U.S. Corps of Engineers, which provided for a 16.2 mile long earthen seawall along the western shoreline of Galveston Bay. This levee, with a maximum height of 23 feet above sea level, was designed to protect low areas from tidal flooding during storms. In 1964, the Hitchcock Extension of the Hurricane-Flood Protection was proposed, a plan consisting of an 11.4 mile levee to protect the city of Hitchcock and vicinity. A portion of this levee crosses Jones Bay. Circulation in the bay would be provided by a closable tidal structure and culvert openings.flood controlsea wallsleveesenvironmental effectsecologyTechnical Report