Project Update:
PERMANENT ROADWAY WORK ON SANIBEL CAUSEWAY SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE
By Joe VanHoose, Managing Editor Photos courtesy of Superior Construction
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s Toby Mazzoni drives around Sanibel Island now, he can see the strides the community is making in its long recovery from Hurricane Ian.
Restaurants and businesses are reopening, homes are being rebuilt and condos repaired. “You can see the return to life and the people working really hard,” said Mazzoni, project manager for Superior Construction. “It’s a long process to get back to some sort of normalcy, but they’re working through it.” Restoring the Sanibel Causeway is a big piece of the normalcy puzzle. After months of repairs, reinforcement and roadwork by the Superior Construction and the de Moya Group joint-venture team, all travel lanes across the Sanibel Causeway are now permanently open, and work on the roadway is substantially complete. As the team finished their work on Dec. 22, residents were ready to thank them as they drove by.
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“The traveling public were waving and honking horns and telling us all ‘thank you’ as they passed by,” Mazzoni said. “It’s definitely a good feeling when you accomplish a task like that.”
“You can see the return to life and the people working really hard... It’s a long process to get back to some sort of normalcy, but they’re working through it." – Toby Mazzoni, Project Manager