{"id":430977,"date":"2026-09-09T20:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430977\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T20:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:44:29","slug":"regional-organizers-revitalize-buried-study-for-clear-lake-water-taxi-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430977\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional organizers revitalize buried study for Clear Lake water taxi | Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organizers are reviving a feasibility study for a <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/bay-area\/government\/state-local-agencies-partner-to-remove-abandoned-boats-in-clear-lake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clear Lake<\/a> water taxi service that could provide a cross-lake transit alternative to driving or taking an Uber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a neat attraction, and something that would capitalize on one of our biggest assets: the Clear Lake area,\u201d said Stephanie Polk, communications &amp; community engagement manager for the League City Convention and Visitors Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>The features<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, Seabrook funded the project\u2019s first feasibility study, but damage from Hurricane Ike stalled the project.<\/p>\n<p>About three years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/bay-area\/government\/bay-area-cities-rush-to-win-tourism-bucks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">regional tourism<\/a> and economic development stakeholders asked the Houston-Galveston Area Council to update the study, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead<\/p>\n<p>The updated study will look at whether the service should be privately operated, fare-based or part of a larger transit network, said Amy Skicki, president and CEO of the Bay Area Houston Transportation Partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Skicki said she hopes the updated study will identify how to incorporate a trolley service connected to the water taxi routes to bring passengers to attractions, such as NASA and League City\u2019s Historic District.<\/p>\n<p>Because the routes cross multiple jurisdictions, planners need partners\u2019 cooperation, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for waterway use and dredging, Polk said.<\/p>\n<p>Skicki said funding is confirmed, and Harris County Precinct 2 will seek bids for an updated study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Organizers are reviving a feasibility study for a Clear Lake water taxi service that could provide a cross-lake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[149793,149792,56,58,57,149791,149794],"class_list":["post-430977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-bay-area-business","tag-business-in-kemah","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-kemah-businesses","tag-seabrook-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}