The Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project will cost an estimated $360 million. Nearly one-half of the $360 million needed to widen and deepen the Corpus Christi Ship Channel to accommodate greater energy export volumes from Texas’ Coastal Bend region has been secured, the Port of Corpus Christi reported Monday. “The inclusion of additional Work Plan funds is yet another significant milestone toward the United States becoming a net exporter of its energy production,” Sean Strawbridge, CEO for the Port of Corpus Christi, said in a written statement. Strawbridge was referring to the inclusion of an extra $59 million for the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP) that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has budgeted in its Fiscal Year 2019 Work Plan . With the latest USACE decision, total federal appropriations for the CIP now stand at $95 million, the port authority stated. In addition, the […]