After years of legal battles, public outcry and environmental debate, Cape Coral is turning the page on Chiquita Lock. The ...

Cape Coral celebrates the removal of the Chiquita Lock with a block party as Mayor John Gunter highlights improved safety for ...

After a startling dropout by several high-profile Southwest nonprofits, the challenge to keep Cape Coral's Chiquita Boat Lock, a nearly 50-year-old manmade barrier, in operation moves forward as ...

Opponents to removal of the Chiquita lock will also argue that a “consent order” by the DER in the 1970s requires the City of Cape Coral to maintain the Chiquita lock in “perpetuity.” ...

In a release, Cape Coral stated, “The City has already begun taking immediate steps to secure the necessary permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to advance the lock removal project.

Controversial Chiquita Lock broken since Hurricane Ian The lock hasn't worked since Hurricane Ian, says Cape Coral Councilman Tom Hayden: "The storm surge and all the salt water took care of all ...

It represents the city in the Chiquita lock issue. Hannon says the city and the firm are looking to intimidate not just the three men, but any Cape citizen who may want to question the city.

Just over a month after the state gave the city of Cape Coral the go-ahead to remove the controversial Chiquita Lock, city officials announced it will temporarily close to all boat traffic. The ...