The Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has completed its portion of the Houston Ship Channel Expansion Project 11, a historic milestone in the future safety, efficiency, and competitiveness of the busiest waterway in the United States.
Construction of channel improvements began in 2022, and now the project has reached its most important milestone: dredging completion of the widening of the Galveston Bay reach from Bolivar Roads to Morgans Point.
With this work done, the Port Houston-led project dredging of the Houston Ship Channel is complete. The widening of the channel through Galveston Bay, from 530 feet to 700 feet, represents a physical transformation that allows for improved safety, greater efficiency, and increased economic benefit of this critical economic artery of the region, state, and nation.
Author's summary: Port Houston completes dredging project.