MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — More than one month into the long-awaited dredging project in John’s Pass, the city of Madeira Beach confirms the contractor is only about 20% complete.
A spokesperson for the city said it’s a “slow process” as the contractor, Bayside Dredging, works to pull roughly 13,000 cubic yards of sand out of the area under the John’s Pass bridge.
As dredging takes place, sand is pumped into a large steel container located in John’s Pass Park. From there, it’s transferred using heavy machinery into a dump truck and hauled about 1.5 miles to a drop-off location by Tom Stewart Causeway. The city says the contractor hauls 12 to 14 truckloads of dredge material each workday to the dump site…