Fort Myers Beach canal cleaning crew recently found 21,000 pounds of mud in this item
The Town of Fort Myers Beach posted the following on its Facebook page on April 2:
This week, our contractors continued working to remove debris from the canals!
Navigation was restored to canals 17, 18, 21, and 30 last week, with contractors working in canal 28D today! Pictured are the items of debris pulled from canals and our contractors lifting a 40-foot shipping container from the bay near the Pink Shell Resort.
That's right.
A shipping container. According to Fort Myers Beach Harbor Master Curtis Ludwig, when empty this shipping container the crew found weighs 10,500 pounds. But this one weighed between 35,000-40,000lb.
"We recovered 21,000 pounds of mud out of it," Ludwig said. The container had electrical cables, light fixtures, and more electrical supplies inside the container."
Where did the shipping container end up?
"We towed the container to the Lee County boat ramp on San Carlos Island, where the container was cut up crushed and disposed of," Ludwig said.
More: Spring cleaning: Hurricane debris removal from Fort Myers Beach canals nearing completion
The project, funded by FEMA, started in January and is scheduled to be wrapped up at the end of April when the contract ends, Ludwig said.
"We are currently operating in canal 29, which is where Fish Tale Marina is, along with the finger canals off that canal," Ludwig said. "They (crew) have found large items of debris in that canal. For an example, they will be floating and towing a dumpster out tomorrow. As of this week we have recovered roughly 1,300 cubic yards of debris."
Stay tuned. Who knows what they will find next?
Some people on the comments thread on the "I love Fort Myers Beach" Facebook group page had some thoughts:
Pickles McGee said, Have they found Hooters yet?
Brian Glaze said, Did they ever find the old times Square clock in the canal?
Erica Synder said, Did they find a 'big' wooden carving of 2 frogs?
Dixie Dahl Kooiker said, Just vacationed here. They are tireless volunteers doing an ugly job
This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Are the Fort Myers Beach canals filled with debris from hurricanes?
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