Engineering Services News

Ongoing work will require street closure on South Shoreline Boulevard at Cooper’s Alley beginning Monday, January 12. Kinney Street at South Shoreline Boulevard will also be closed. Cooper’s Alley will remain accessible via southbound travel on Shoreline Boulevard. Traffic on Kinney Street may detour through the Water’s Edge Park parking lot.

Paving work on Dasmarinas Drive from Aquarius Street to Crown Royal Road will result in the closure of the street to traffic beginning Monday, January 5, through Wednesday, January 7. Access to homes remains available during this closure.

A small section of Glenoak Drive near Waldron Road will be closed to traffic from Monday, December 29, through Friday, January 2, for utility work. Access to homes will remain available via alternate neighborhood routes.

To facilitate ongoing water line improvements at the intersection of South Padre Island Drive (SPID) and Everhart Road, crews will implement a switch in lane closures on SPID Eastbound Frontage Road. Beginning Monday, December 29, and lasting approximately two weeks, the center lane of the eastbound frontage road will be closed, while the right-hand lane will remain open, allowing eastbound travel and left turns to Everhart Road.

In observance of the holiday season, all City of Corpus Christi non-essential offices will be closed during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. Most offices will be closed beginning Thursday, December 25, 2025, and reopen on Friday, January 2, 2026.

At today’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting, the Council approved awarding $4.85 million to South Texas Building Partners for the construction of a new detention center.

Utility work on Dasmarinas Drive at Aquarius Street will continue through Wednesday, December 17. 

At today's regularly scheduled City Council meeting, the Council awarded a $2.1 million contract to A. Ortiz Construction & Paving, Inc., for the comprehensive reconstruction of East Surfside Boulevard. This project spans from Breakwater Avenue to Elm Street.

Utility work on Dasmarinas Drive will require a street closure from Wednesday, December 10, through Friday, December 12. Crews will close a section of Dasmarinas Drive between Aquarius Street and Quarterdeck Drive.

Ongoing work on the Lawrence Street T-head piers will require closures of sections of the T-head beginning Monday, December 8. The section near Joe’s Crab Shack is estimated to be closed for about two months. Access to the T-Head remains open. Drivers will be able to turn around in the parking lot near the restaurant to exit the T-Head, as a section of the loop road will be closed.