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Packery Channel groundbreaking ceremony set for Friday

Packery Channel groundbreaking ceremony set for Friday
Packery Channel groundbreaking ceremony set for Friday
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The City of Corpus Christi will conduct a groundbreaking ceremony for the Packery Channel restoration project on Friday afternoon.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency put up $13.5 million for the work. It includes the restoration of the channel's infrastructure and walkways, damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

It caused an estimated $14 million in damage to the channel.

Today's groundbreaking will be at 1 p.m.