Port of Houston Authority Approves $2 Million for Dredging Terminal Berths
The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority approved nearly $2 million for maintenance dredging of the Authority’s berths at its terminals along the Houston Ship Channel and a $68,000 Texas Transportation Institute study to evaluate the economic impacts of the lack of dredging.
Commissioners authorized a $410,000 contract with Xirrus Inc. of Thousand Oaks, Calif., for wireless network hardware, software, hardware support and software support for Barbours Cut Container Terminal for five years. Commissioners also authorized a $600,000 increase to the capital budget and payment of up to that amount to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for dredging the port authority’s Sims Bayou facility as well as a payment of up to $1.375 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for dredging PHA’s Woodhouse and the grain elevator facilities.