The proposed Inner Harbor desalination plant — likely the most polarizing local project in at least a decade — will again face a likely divided vote by city of Corpus Christi officials who have previously shot down continuing its development.
A roughly $78.6 million contract to further its design will go before the Corpus Christi City Council on June 2 — the same day that the council is also expected to decide measures that would be taken, such as curtailment, should the region eventually plunge into a water emergency.
The plant, now estimated to cost about $979 million, would not in the immediate future provide water. That would be nearly three years out, according to a draft presentation on the 1,000-plus-page contract with Corpus Christi Desal Partners…