Marco Island is the beneficiary of the Mackle Brothers dredge and fill vision of what is today modern Marco Island which provided us with over 100 miles of waterfront properties with easy access to boating to the other parts of the Ten Thousand Islands.
Some of the new candidates have expressed interest in “dredging/de-mucking the canals” to improve the water qualityof waterfront properties. Did they mean dredge 100 miles or a few canal locations?How do you decide which canals to dredge? Dredge them all? What’s the permitting process going to be like? It might be argued that this will increase rentals for canal properties thus the project might qualify to receive Tourist Development Council funds. What’s the cost to the taxpayers?
We are ALL IN when it comes to improving water quality. Dredging our canals maybring back sea grass for the manatees to eat and other marine wildlife. Are they going to dredge deeper to accommodate larger boats? What happens to the existing seawalls? Where do you dump all that toxic muck?
According to the 2021 Harper’s Report, to dredge and de-muck sediments from our canals was estimated at $189+ million. For 2024 and beyond, that cost will be extremely prohibitive - closer to $500 million. And there is no guarantee that spending $500 million to “dredge/de-muck” the canals will restore the health of Marco’s waterways.
Self-proclaimed water quality candidates are vying for your votes and sounding all alike! The Harper’s Report also recommended other less costly alternatives – but for starters, best to properly vet the “Dredge/De-muck” candidates and to state their positions on cleaning up our waterways.
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