CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — A project that could create a walkway from the barge dock to toward the Port of Christi Christi is being proposed by the Devary Durrill Foundation.
That project would not be funded by the foundation, but rather it is asking for the project to be funded with Type A sales tax dollars.
"We felt it was necessary to get it out there while the discussions are being had about the reallocation of the seawall tax dollars and the arena sales tax dollars, to take into account how to beautify and maximize those dollars," said Bill Durrill, director of the Devary Durrill Foundation.
The land in question is owned by the City of Corpus Christi and the Port of Corpus Christi Authority.
Durrill said there is currently money in the seawall fund that could fund this project and pointed to the recent renovation of the Corpus Christi Watergardens, which utilized these sales tax funds.
As opposed to that renovation, he said this proposal would provide "actual seawall improvement" with seawall funds.
Durrill said he's spoken with elected officials about this project and hopes it will be added to the Type A sales tax ballot measure.
"I'm trying to give them the vision of where they can go with this land and we have a generational opportunity with this bridge coming down and everything happening around us. That window is right now," said Bill Durrill, director of the Devary Durrill Foundation.
