A high-stakes vote on moving forward with the city’s proposed Inner Harbor seawater desalination plant is expected to be delayed another week.
The Corpus Christi City Council had initially set Aug. 26 as the date that the vote would be taken on continuing design for the plant — which, based on early estimates, could cost about $1.2 billion.
The postponement was decided after it remained unclear when the Texas Water Development Board would respond to a list of questions submitted by the city, in part seeking clarification on how low-interest loans awarded by the agency, which had been specific to the proposed plant, could be otherwise used or potentially repaid…