Good news. The permit to open Cedar Bayou has finally been issued by the Army Corps of Engineers. Lynn Edwards of Rockport has worked on this for over a decade.
Here is her thank you note for all those who helped. I might note that Hugo Bermudez is also working for us to resolve our breakwater problems.

What we all have waited for, THE PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED!!!!!!!!! I would like to take this time to thank some very special people for their hard work on obtaining this permit. With out them we would not have gotten this far.
Vladimir Shepsis, Hugo Bermudez Coast and Harbor Engineers, Carlos Swonke Blanton & Associates. They are the true hero's here. They never gave up. I will let the world know just how special they are and what they did that and never ask for anything in return. My heart felt thank you to each and every one of them. To you that have played a huge part in this fight to make things right. God Bless you and my sincere thank you for hanging in there. You all are awesome.