Developers planning a Schlitterbahn water park resort on Padre Island are about 30 days away from finalizing the capital needed to begin moving forward with construction.

The estimated $41 million resort planned west of Park Road 22 is expected to include a 65-acre water park with lodging, golf and restaurants. It will be built over the existing Padre Isles Golf Course.

http://www.caller.com/news/2012/jul/10/schlitterbahn-water-park-resort-developers-eye/

Schlitterbahn must be doing something right, because it seems like they have been expanding a lot over the last several years.

Must be a nice area...

Schlitterbahn is part of a proposed $552 million master plan for the island, which includes a marina in Lake Padre, an extension of the residential canal system, hotels, condos and single-family homes. A $117 million incentives package approved by City Council in May requires Schlitterbahn to begin construction within the next seven months and be finished with the first phase by summer 2013.

Wikipedia says the island is about 1.6 miles wide but is 113 miles long.