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Gerald Sullivan, chairman of the Board of Trustees of theGalvestojn Wharves, which oversees port operations, said crews are workingb around the clock on the damage d terminal buildings. The first ship scheduled to departy after that target date is the operatedby , on Oct. 4. The agreed to diverty Carnival Cruise Line ships to its newlgy opened Bayport Cruise Terminal afterf Hurricane Ike smashed into the Gulf Coasgon Sept. 13. Hundreds of cruiswe ship customers’ vehicles left that weekend in Galveston’s port parkinvg lots were destroyed or damager by the massivestorm surge. Galveston’s port has re-opened to smaller vessels while dredging issues are beingworkex out.
Although access to Pelicamn Island had been cut off the week aftefr the hurricaneroared through, Sullivan said one of the port’s key Pelican Island tenants, , re-opened on Sept. 22 with limitedc operations. Sullivan was part of the group of officials representingthe Houston-Galveston region, including Houston Mayort Bill White, that traveledf to Washington, D.C., on 23 to make a pitch for a huge infusion of federal funding in the wake of Ike’sz devastation. Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomasa has requesteda $2.4 billion rescue package to be used to restored infrastructure on the island and for repairs to the , the port and the city.
Mayod White requested a similar amountfor Houston. Sulliva n said the group was metwith “sympathetic in the nation’s and he expects a decisiomn on the special funding allocation coul d be reached within a week. Damages from Ike’s path of destruction across Texas are estimated to rangewbetween $25 billion and $50 billion.