Dredging Marco Island, FL: Part 2 - Transforming Tigertail, Hideaway Beach, and Sanddollar Island

Paul M. Balzano
Feb 1, 2023
Feb 1, 2023
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Follow the progress of the Hideaway Beach and Sanddollar Island dredging construction project started by the City of Marco Island in November 2022 in this narrated video.

Get a glimpse of the ongoing excavation project on Marco Island's Tigertail Beach through stunning aerial footage in this amazing slice of paradise. Watch as the workers operate heavy machinery to move massive amounts of sand, reshaping the beach barrier, clearing waterways, and revitalizing the natural habitat.

See the sheer scale of the project and its impact on the surrounding area with the latest birds-eye view footage.

You can view Part 1 of this video by following this link: https://youtu.be/Op8OhOYYrTY

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Tom Jones Feb 25, 2023 8:47am

My wife and I first started coming to Marco Island in 2004, and have been coming every fall and spring since. One of the things top of our list every time is to wade along the shoreline of the mainland along the Tiger Tail Lagoon all the way from the country park area out to the end of the lagoon by the Hideaway Beach condos. In all those years till the last time in 2019 we could already see the effects of the storms and natural movement of sand to the end of Sand Dollar, and into the lagoon itself. Shallower water, fewer shore and wading birds, more green slime, etc. etc. We haven't been there since Ian, but I can only imagine. Clearly, the current project will be a Godsend to the area and to the survival of the lagoon and Sand Dollar. We will be back in April and will be out there wading along first thing. Wonderful looking forward to that.