[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Ingleside (TX) pier

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Port asks navy for control of pier
Transfer of site would mean more contracts, officials say

By Fanny S. Chirinos
Corpus Christi Caller Times (TX)
May 14, 2008

Officials with the Port of Corpus Christi are asking the Navy to help 
them bring more revenue to the area, in particular the city of 
Ingleside, by transferring control of Naval Station Ingleside's 
1,100-foot pier as soon as possible.

Port commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to submit a letter to base 
Capt. Leland "B.T." Taylor requesting he consider and forward the 
request to his superiors. The letter was mailed Tuesday afternoon, said 
Tom Moore, the port's business development manager.

John LaRue, the port's executive director, plans to use the 
double-decked pier near a deepwater port for military layberthing, or 
homeporting military cargo ships. The port is layberthing ships in the 
inner harbor's south side and bulk terminals and says the pier at 
Ingleside will help the port secure more contracts.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.caller.com/news/2008/may/14/port-asks-navy-for-control-of-pier/

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