Cars salvaged from Moorings Bay

Five months after Hurricane Ian sentenced them to a watery grave, the cars swept into Moorings and Venetian Bays by the storm surge were retrieved by state contractors March 7. Two automobiles from Moorings Bay and one from Venetian Bay were recovered.

That brought the total count of salvaged vehicles to five in Collier County, according to Stormwater Management Project Manager Pawel Brzeski. The Florida Department of Environment requested the vehicles that were sunk by Hurricane Ian be periodically observed for any signs of oil leakage. Two more submerged vehicles remain to be collected.

Read the full article at GSACNaples.org.

– Pam Nicholls, Gulf Shore Association of Condominiums