Both sides of a lawsuit regarding the expansion of the Matagorda Ship Channel agreed to reschedule legal proceedings, meaning the project will be delayed until late next year. Under the new agreement known as a joint status report, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — the organization planning the logistics of the project — will not be able to request bids for the task of widening and deepening the channel until Dec. 18th, 20-23. In May, a coalition of environmental advocacy groups sued the Army Corps in federal district court.