Texas Preps for Panama Canal Expansion

Published: Aug. 24, 2012, noon

b"By now, it's no secret that the Panama Canal is being expanded and when that expansion is complete, more shipping tonnage than ever will be able to pass through en route to ports in the Gulf of Mexico. But will that specifically mean to more ports in Texas? In a word? Maybe. For more, I spoke with Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, who also serves as the chair of TxDOT's Panama Canal Stakeholder Working Group."