Spring Brings Host of Texas State Parks Repair Projects

Texas state park visitors will soon be benefitting from a full slate of major repair projects getting under way this year that are designed to rejuvenate the aging Texas state park system and greatly improve customer service, thanks to bond funding authorized by the Texas Legislature and approved by statewide voters.

General obligation bonds have been sold to fund more than $44 million in repairs and renovations to state park cabins, bathrooms, electrical and water systems, and other state park infrastructure. The majority of the funding for the various repair projects at more than 40 state parks comes from the sale of Proposition 4 general obligation bonds which were overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2007 to fix up parks, as well as provide $25 million to dry berth the Battleship TEXAS.

While the dry berthing of the battleship isn’t expected for a few years, state park capital repair projects have already been completed or are under way at such places as Goliad and Sheldon Lake state parks. And dozens of other projects — from the West Texas mountains to the East Texas piney woods — have contractors in place and await launch. A $395,000 project at Brazos Bend State Park calls for installing new plumbing fixtures in 30 year-old restrooms and making them ADA compliant.

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