Ahtna Marine Construction with Ellicott 18” booster pump doing beach restoration at Ft Myers Beach FL post Hurricane Milton

The project will dredge approximately 950,000 cubic yards of sand from a nearshore borrow area in the Gulf of Mexico onto Fort Myers Beach. The $22 Million beach renourishment project, which includes both trucked-in sand and dredge sand, is being funded through multiple sources: Lee County, The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, FEMA and Fort Myers Beach. Ahtna is using their Ellicott Series 1270 dredger “Katie John Day.”

Pic source DredgeWire

Ellicott skid-mounted 18” booster pump with Tier 3 engine

Heron enjoying the beach dredging project