Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. History Is Made as Project 11 Begins Construction May 10, 2021 GMT HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2021-- Port Houston marks National Infrastructure Week by highlighting the groundbreaking for the start of construction work to support widening and deepening the 52-mile Houston Ship Channel. Known as Project 11, the project’s far-reaching benefits impact the United States and the entire Gulf region, and have generated bipartisan praise from officials across the state and nation. A groundbreaking ceremony held on May 3 marks the start of the Houston Ship Channel Project 11 expansion and widening construction program, a nearly billion-dollar infrastructure project. (Photo: Business Wire)