Towering cranes fall on Port Charlotte resort construction site

Sunseeker Resort officials are assessing damage after Hurricane Ian knocked down two cranes.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 12:29 p.m. September 29, 2022
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Sunseeker Resort officials are assessing damage after Hurricane Ian knocked down two cranes on the Port Charlotte project. (File photo)
Sunseeker Resort officials are assessing damage after Hurricane Ian knocked down two cranes on the Port Charlotte project. (File photo)
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Two of the five massive cranes used in the construction of the Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor were knocked down during Hurricane Ian.

The company, in a Thursday statement, says construction crews “took significant precautions prior to the storm but are aware that with the intense winds and flooding” the cranes fell.

 

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