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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — The Port of Corpus Christi has secured $59 million in funding from the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers for its channel improvement project, which is valued at $360 million. The funds will be used to widen and deepen the waterways as the port anticipates handling between 2 to 3 million barrels of crude oil per day in the coming months. The federal government is covering a total of $230 million of the project costs.