To the editor:

Several years ago many residents lost their seawall due to hurricane flooding. Our council was very concerned about the loss of these seawalls and the fact that there was no insurance coverage for seawalls. This city’s most advertised selling point is our many canals and access two the Gulf of Mexico. The then-council was to look into helping residents who lost those seawalls and coming up with a solution to fix these seawalls.

Many years have passed with no mention of any protection plan for our seawalls. Our neighboring city of Punta Gorda has a plan to repair the seawalls, and our council was to look into seawall protection. Years have passed with no mention of the city’s findings about this Punta Gorda idea. I feel the city is more concerned with storage and car wash establishment than one of the city’s gems, canals!

Cape Coral Council, please find some solution to our canal systems that are slowly deteriorating and becoming a financial unwanted burden on homeowners. I do not know how many seawalls were affected by the latest hurricane, Ian, but it’s time to address this problem before it gets worse.

Gary Bongers

Cape Coral