Engineering Services

Roadwork in the area of Horne Road at Port Avenue continues with planned nighttime closures of the intersection. Beginning Wednesday, April 23, the southbound lanes of Horne Road and a section of Port Avenue will close between 8:00 p.m. and 5:30 a.m.

Crews will soon begin repaving work on Everhart Road between Saratoga Boulevard and Holly Road as part of the Street Preventative Maintenance Program. Beginning Monday, April 28, varying lanes will be closed. The first phase will be between Saratoga Boulevard and Wooldridge Road. Next, the section between Wooldridge Road and Holly Road will be done.

Roadwork on McArdle Road between Kostoryz Road and Carroll Lane will begin Thursday, April 17, with a one-day closure of the intersection at McArdle Road and Carroll Lane. Following that work, the eastbound lanes will be closed to traffic on McArdle Road between Kostoryz Road and Hakel Drive.

During today’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting, Mayor Paulette Guajardo and the City Council approved funding agreements with the Texas Department of Transportation for the Holly Road Train Trestle to Tourism Trail Project.

The project will build a shared-use path along Flour Bluff Drive and a pedestrian bridge across Oso Bay using existing pilings from an abandoned train trestle bridge.

This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.

The City of Corpus Christi has started street reconstruction work on Timbergate Drive between South Staples Street and Snowgoose Drive, as part of a voter-approved project from Bond 2022. Beginning Monday, April 14, Timbergate Drive between South Staples Street to Snowgoose Drive will be one-way westbound. Roadway closures are in effect for the eastbound lanes.

The Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department will close the Cole Park Pier Plaza at 2030 Ocean Drive for shade structure installation beginning on Tuesday, April 15. The improvements are scheduled for completion in the late summer, weather permitting. 

Starting today, traffic on Elizabeth Street will shift to the eastbound lanes from South Staples Street to Santa Fe Street as crews continue work on the roadway. One-way traffic on Elizabeth Street is allowed with a detour on Morgan Avenue. This will be in effect through Monday, April 14.

During today’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting, Mayor Paulette Guajardo and the City Council approved 15 engineering firms for design work on $23 million in street projects included in Bond 2024 and the City’s capital improvement plan.

Nueces Bay Boulevard between Up River Road and Leopard Street will close beginning Monday, March 31, as roadwork continues in the area. This closure is expected to last until Friday, April 25.