The Port of Corpus Christi in South Texas, one of the largest natural gas and oil export regions on the Gulf Coast, has secured $157.3 million in federal funds to advance the final phase of a multi-year improvement project.

Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 recently approved by Congress, the Port received project closeout funding for the Corpus Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP) now underway by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The new funds would be used to advance the CIP’s last phase, which would “render the Corpus Christi Ship Channel the most improved in the entire U.S. Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida,” Port officials said. 

“The Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project, over 30 years in the making, will significantly increase the...