The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Port Corpus Christi are one step closer to starting a project to deepen the Corpus Christi Ship Channel.
The Port of Corpus Christi Authority Commission approved the terms of a project partnership agreement on Friday morning allowing the 27-year-old project to finally move forward.
Under its terms, the Army Corps of Engineers will deepen the ship channel from 45 feet deep and 400 feet wide to 54 feet deep and 520 feet wide. The jointly-funded $326 million project…