Additional funding for the Freeport deepening project
The Port Freeport is about to receive additional funding of around $73.1 million from the Army Corps Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Work Plan for the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project (FHCIP).
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The Port Freeport is about to receive additional funding of around $73.1 million from the Army Corps Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Work Plan for the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project (FHCIP).
More funding is on the way for several ship channel improvement projects in Texas, including the Brazos Island Harbor (Port of Brownsville), the Corpus Christi Ship Channel (Port of Corpus Christi Authority), the Galveston Harbor and Channel (Port of Galveston), and the Houston Ship Channel (Port of Houston), informs the Army Corps' Galveston District.
The Matagorda Bay Foundation and Lavaca Bay Foundation are calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reassess environmental impacts of plans to widen and deepen the Matagorda Ship Channel.
Port Freeport hosts USACE Commander December 10, 2020, by Eldin Ganic Port Freeport hosted USACE Southwestern Division Commander and Division Engineer Brig. Gen. Christopher G. Beck, Director of Programs for the Southwestern Division Pete Perez, Galveston District Commander Col. Timothy R. Vail, and other USACE officials last week to showcase growth and strategic initiatives being implemented at Port Freeport. This was the inaugural visit to Port Freeport for Brig. Gen. Beck, who assumed command of the Southwestern Division in June. Port Freeport is ...