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<br />AREA OVERVIEW <br /> <br />11.18 <br /> <br />The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has received $12.5 million in bonds to re- <br />landscape the San Jacinto Battlefield, where Texas won its independence from Mexico <br />in 1836, to its original topography based on historic records. This project will include <br />historic markers, historically accurate native plants and tours of the grounds. The marsh <br />lands around the battlefield were recently replanted and a three-mile trail with birding <br />stations is in the process of completion. <br /> <br />The Battleship Texas is the last existing battleship that participated in World War I and <br />II. In 1948, it was turned into a memorial museum and is anchored along the Houston <br />Ship Channel adjacent to the San Jacinto Monument and Battleground. The Battleship <br />Texas is in dire need of repair. Bonds totaling $12.5 million have been issued to apply <br />toward its redevelopment. Efforts are underway to raise additional funds and to remove <br />the battleship from the water to a dry berth. The redevelopment project is estimated to <br />be completed by 2010. <br /> <br />Bayport Cruise Terminal is a cruise ship terminal that is currently being developed by <br />the Port of Houston adjacent to the Bayport Container Terminal, approximately four <br />miles south of the proposed hotel site. This terminal would take the place of the existing <br />cruise ship terminal at Barbours Cut. <br /> <br />When the first terminal opens by the beginning of 2008, it will increase the number of <br />cruise lines from one to four on a weekly basis. There are two additional terminals that <br />are estimated to open in 2015 and 2021, respectively. Estimated passenger activity for <br />the Bayport Cruise Terminal is presented in the following table. <br /> <br />Bayport Cruise Ship Terminal <br />Estimated Passenger Activity <br /> <br />"'If ~11 <br />J~;" m of <br />~ ': p ITS <br />Cevelopment TimellllLloJ,,"-_E <br /> <br />Terminal 1 - Completed 2008 <br />2008 <br />2009 - 2014 <br /> <br />286,000 <br />550,000 <br /> <br />Terminal 2 - Completed 2015 <br />2015 <br />2016 - 2020 <br /> <br />875,000 <br />1,125,000 <br /> <br />Terminal 3 - Completed 2021 <br />2021 <br /> <br />1,700,000 <br /> <br />Source: Port of Houston <br />