The project was designed to transform a low-lying, unsightly swamp area into a luxury residential lagoon development accommodating hundreds of housing lots, a hotel, conference center, sports and recreational facilities with extensive public beach access, marina facilities and protective breakwater structures. Offshore work was performed with the 11,200-hp cutter suction dredge Illinois, which had undergone extensive modifications to enable it to dredge the minimum required depth of 11.2 ft.

Dredging & Excavation: 7.2 million yd³