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Dark blue and light blue curtains1/10/2024 ![]() “And that's probably going to include giving some algicide, working with different vendors to do algicide applications in the not so distant future, most likely later this month.” “We are actively monitoring and working now towards mitigating this problem,” said Mickey. “It is only if it is coming from the river into those canals.” “So, if there is algae that is coming from a different source and already in the canals and being fed there, they are not going to deter that,” said Melissa Mickey, Cape Coral Communications Manager. ![]() But even with the fixed bubble curtain, that likely won’t solve the ongoing bloom. The good news is the City should receive a replacement part next week and the curtain should be repaired by divers in two weeks. Two of the curtains were damaged by Hurricane Ian, but the one on Coral Point Drive was possibly struck by a boat. The City of Cape Coral told Fox 4 this is one of three bubble curtains not working at the moment. ![]() Those alerts are along Canal Circle and Whitecap Circle in North Fort Myers and Coral Point Drive in Cape Coral.įox 4 Meteorologist Andrew Shipley visited Coral Point Drive on Friday and spoke with residents who were not only upset about the blue-green algae, but also a bubble curtain at the mouth of the canal not working for months. ![]() Blue-green algae continues to ravage canals in North Fort Myers and Cape Coral, with new health alerts issued on Friday from Florida Department of Health. ![]()
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