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EDC hears progress on Shoal Point roadway, APM Terminals container terminal and LNG bunker-port studies
Summary
Staff updated the board on engineering and geotechnical work for a proposed Loop 197–Shoal Point roadway, a preferred-route study by Colliers (about $500,000), coordination with TxDOT/BayTran and multi-hundred-million–dollar port projects including a $2 billion-plus APM Terminals terminal and a $250 million first-phase LNG bunker port study.
Board members pressed staff on engineering particulars for the proposed roadway between Loop 197 and Shoal Point as staff outlined recent consultant work and the project's constraints.
Kristen Edwards told the board Colliers Engineering completed a preferred-route study and a 10–15% schematic design that cost "close to 500,000," and she said additional design and geotechnical work remain. She said earlier geotechnical analysis showed the property is "friendly to pilot efforts" but that the roadway will likely require greater elevation to be usable for port operations. Edwards also described a potential property acquisition from Advario that could avoid expensive bridge structures on the preferred route.
Edwards said the EDC participates in BayTran stakeholder meetings with TxDOT district members and the Port of Texas City to coordinate schedules and avoid overlapping construction. She further updated the board on large private-sector projects visible from Shoal Point: an MPLX/Marathon fractionation unit and dock expansion, and a container-terminal project led by APM Terminals that she described as a "$2,000,000,000 plus" development; she said the Galveston LNG Bunker Port has a $250 million first phase under consideration.
Board members asked when the Colliers report would be delivered; Edwards said the report was due July 31.
