Southwest Florida International Airport airport expansion builder Suffolk and the Lee County Port Authority recently celebrated the topping off of the project’s Phase 2, a milestone in the County’s largest public works project.

The multi-year expansion is progressing as planned.

The topping off commemorates the placement of the final steel beam on a more than 513,000-square-foot structural expansion reinforced by 12,000 tons of steel and supported by extensive airfield work.

More than 500 workers have been on site daily.

“Celebrating this topping off reflects the exceptional skill, innovation and coordination of everyone involved,” said Pete Tuffo, President of Florida Gulf Coast and National Gaming at Suffolk. “Constructing a major terminal expansion in an active aviation environment

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