Shipping containers along the beach on Estero Island are not unusual to see. Contractors use them to store tools and materials; some even run restaurants out of them. However, everyone must remove these containers from beachfront floodzones by Monday.
Contractors working near the Gulf say moving their materials without the containers is taking them hundreds of hours, watch as Fort Myers Beach Community Correspondent Anvar Ruziev, covers the issue:
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“Right now, a lot of materials have to be hand-carried up into units and stored at elevated floors, inside covered up, or moisture-sensitive material has to be brought indoors, so we’re literally stockpiling things in the living rooms that are just about complete,” said Richard Rosario, Operations Manager of Clyde Johnson Contracting.
Other contractors, who didn’t want to be on camera, are frustrated. They have to leave thousands of dollars worth of materials outside, unprotected. They worry that loose materials could be dangerous if flooding happens and are asking for more time.