Morgan City’s West Dock project returned to bidding in July

The Port of Morgan City’s West Dock expansion was being rebid in July, according to the Harbor and Terminal District’s July 20, 2026 board minutes. The record sets out a later procurement schedule than the port had anticipated earlier in the year.

On the second page, the minutes report plans for an August 13 bid opening. The project representative hoped to have a certified bid tabulation ready for adoption at the August 17 board meeting. That was a reported timetable, not a recorded contract award.

The port’s February 18 annual message had expected bids on March 5 and approval of a notice to proceed at the March 16 meeting. It also forecast completion by late summer 2027. The July record establishes that the bidding process was continuing later; it does not say why the project was rebid or provide a revised completion date.

The expansion is intended to add dock and cargo-handling space. In its October 28, 2022 grant announcement, the port described a $10 million federal award for Phase 3B, supporting additional concrete laydown space and a wharf extension. The same announcement identified $15 million in state support and a $3 million local match for the complementary Phase 3A.

The port’s February 2026 message described the planned finished terminal as offering more than 1,900 feet of waterfront and 35 acres of storage and laydown area. Those are the port’s intended completed dimensions, not a measurement of newly available space in July.

Taken together, the records show a funded expansion still moving through procurement at the July meeting. They do not establish an August award or that construction has finished. A later board action or construction record is needed to document that next stage.