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Port of Houston Pursues 577 Acres for Jacinto and Bayport Terminals

HOUSTON-The Houston Ship Channel will be widened, even if the Port of Houston Authority has to impose its power of eminent domain to do so. The authority needs 577 acres from three property owners to carry out its expansion plans.

By Jack Burney | Updated on December 24, 2000

HOUSTON-Port of Houston Authority is looking to buy – if necessary, condemn – three tracts of land totaling 577 acres.

The Port needs most of that acreage to fill with dredged material from the widening of the Houston Ship Channel, but a 20-acre tract is needed for access to the voter-approved Bayport Container Terminal, which it hopes to start building in 2002. Port officials intend to negotiate with Olin Corp., owner of 400 acres, and Dow Chemical, owner of another 157.4 acres, near the Jacinto Terminal in Channelview, according to Tom Kornegay, the Port’s executive director. The 20-acre parcel would be used for road and rail access to Bayport.

The Port says it may use its power of eminent domain to acquire this acreage plus a four-acre tract from American Acryl to be used for a truck entrance to Bayport. Bayport will require the expenditure of $88.5 million for essential real estate transactions, such as relocating the road to Bayport and providing for truck access. It also faces a $35.3-million bill for improvements to the existing Barbour’s Cut Container Terminal at Morgan’s Point and $26.6 million for improvements to the ship channel’s turning basin.

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