Jacobs has been selected by the Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) to lead engineering design for a coastal storm surge barrier along the Texas Gulf Coast – The Gate (known as the Bolivar Roads Gate System), which is a central element of the Coastal Texas Project. The system is expected to be among the largest coastal storm surge barrier gate systems in the world.

Stretching across Bolivar Roads – the narrow strait connecting the Gulf to Galveston Bay – the gate system will serve as a critical line of defense against hurricanes and rising seas.