Engineering Services News

The City of Corpus Christi will host a meeting to discuss the Michael J. Ellis North Padre Island Seawall on Wednesday, May 20.

At today’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting, the Council approved a FEMA grant application for erosion and flood mitigation at South Bay Park.

After nearly three decades of wear and tear, the City Hall skylight warranted a full replacement process. To ensure the long-term safety and weather-resistance of the repaired skylight, the City of Corpus Christi will conduct a watertightness test on Monday, May 18.

En la sesión ordinaria del Ayuntamiento, se adjudicó un contrato a Reytec Construction Resources, Inc., con sede en Houston, Texas, por un valor de hasta $16,194,400. Este contrato contempla la adquisición de los materiales necesarios para la construcción de una estación de bombeo y una línea de agua residual tratada desde la planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales de Oso hasta la planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales de Greenwood.

At today’s regularly scheduled City Council Meeting, the City Council awarded a contract to Reytec Construction Resources, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, valued at up to $16,194,400. This contract allows for the procurement of items necessary to construct a pump station and reclaimed water line from the Oso Water Reclamation Plant to the Greenwood Water Reclamation Plant.

Ongoing construction at the Corpus Christi Detention Center will require lane and sidewalk closures on Leopard Street and Nueces Bay Boulevard.

Due to weather, the traffic switch planned for Yorktown Boulevard from Rodd Field Road to Oso Creek Mud Bridge on Saturday, April 25, will now begin on Saturday, May 2. Yorktown Boulevard traffic will close on the eastbound lanes from Rodd Field Road to Oso Creek Mud Bridge. Traffic will shift to allow two-way travel on the remaining lanes. Access to neighborhoods and businesses will remain available during construction. 

Ongoing utility work on Everhart Road will require intermittent lane closures between Staples Street and Alameda Street on Friday, April 17.

At today’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting, the Council awarded a construction contract to Gerke Excavating Inc. for the Flour Bluff Water Line Extension project. This $4M contract marks a vital investment in the water distribution infrastructure by improving redundancy, increasing capacity, and enhancing service delivery to the Island, which is in Council District 4.

Ongoing work will require a traffic switch along Yorktown Boulevard from Rodd Field Road to Oso Creek Mud Bridge. On Saturday, April 25, Yorktown Boulevard traffic will close on the eastbound lanes from Rodd Field Road to Oso Creek Mud Bridge. Traffic will shift to allow two-way travel on the remaining lanes.