Cameron County Commissioners table vote on abandoning land near SpaceX Boca Chica site

Will roads owned by Cameron County around the SpaceX Boca Chica launch site be abandoned? Cameron County Commissioners Court this past week was expected to address this issue during a commissioners court meeting but tabled it instead. After going into executive session for about two hours, commissioners court tabled four items pertaining to the Boca Chica site that include consideration and adoption of an order to abandon a portion of Remedios Avenue, Joanna Street, Annette Street and Lucero Court, all located near the SpaceX Boca Chica site. In addition, the court tabled consideration and possible action to adopt a resolution regarding SpaceX Super Heavy Project at Boca Chica Beach.

The county will address this again at a later date. “We do plan on bringing this back,” Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr. said Wednesday, but did not know when it would be placed back on the agenda. Trevino Jr. said he could not disclose why the items were tabled since it was addressed in executive session but said, “We want to make sure everything that needs to be done has been done and address any questions or concerns that may have been raised.” Several members of the public addressed the issue during public comment of Tuesday’s meeting with many requesting the county not abandon the roads and further discussions with the public. Alex Dominguez, a state representative and former Cameron County commissioner, who owns lands on Remedios Avenue, said he was at Boca Chica Beach about two weeks ago and when he was driving by Remedios he noticed trash on his property and that SpaceX had already taken over a part of the road. “If the county decides to abandon this road, that is what I expect to happen to the rest of the property there, in fact I think that would be the type of taking and I think that this frustrates landowners who still own land there and perhaps want to develop land,” Dominguez said. He said if the county plans to abandon the land it would be up to the property owners to not only maintain it but to provide access to the road as well.