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BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Things are full steam ahead at the Port of Brownsville today and there a lot more things to come for the entire Rio Grande Valley.

A huge multibillion project is in the works and it will take the region another dimension once completed.\\xa0

Yes, it\\u2019s billions with a B and there are quite a few of them.

\\u201cThis is an $11.4 billion investment,\\u201d Ed Campirano, the port\\u2019s director, said recently at a meeting of the South Texas Manufacturers Association. \\u201cHow often the Valley has even been in a discussion of this nature. Never?\\u201d

He said the project is expected to create and sustain more than 6,000 construction local jobs over a period.

Keeping such development is going to be something hard to be kept under wraps, he continued.

\\u201cThis is going to hit us all,\\u201d Campirano said. \\u201cWe can\\u2019t wait for this and I am sure a lot of people in this room can\\u2019t wait either.\\u201d

The port director was referring to liquefied natural gas export terminal that NextDecade is developing on a 984-acre site at the port and which will produce 27 million metric tons of low carbon intensive LNG.

Editor's Note: To read the full story go to the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service.\\xa0

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