Editing Cape Coral, Florida (section)

==Infrastructure==
[[File:Cape Coral monument.jpg|thumb|right|Cape Coral Parkway]]

===Canals===
The city has over {{convert|400|mi|km}} of canals.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Cape Coral History |publisher=City of Cape Coral |access-date=October 9, 2008 |url=http://www.capecoral.net/About/History/tabid/470/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918225736/http://www.capecoral.net/About/History/tabid/470/Default.aspx |archive-date=September 18, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Most of the canals are navigable, and some have access to the Gulf of Mexico. Cape Coral's canal system is so extensive that local ecology and tides have been affected.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cape Coral Canals: A Public Conference on Water Quality and Quantity|url=http://www.chnep.org/Events/PublicConf/CapeCoral06/CapeCoralConfReport.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911060658/http://www.chnep.org/Events/PublicConf/CapeCoral06/CapeCoralConfReport.pdf|archive-date=September 11, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The system provides many residents with waterfront living with access to the Gulf of Mexico via the broad Caloosahatchee River and Matlacha Pass. The Parks and Recreation Department maintains three public boat launching facilities. The Gulf of Mexico provides access to smaller tropical islands, rookeries, and [[Recreational fishing|sports fishing]] grounds.

===Roadways and bridges===
[[Interstate 75 in Florida|Interstate 75]] passes within {{convert|10|mi|km}} of Cape Coral and connects northward to [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]; and southeastward to [[Miami]]. Cape Coral borders on [[U.S. Route 41 in Florida|U.S. Highway 41]]. U.S. 41 and I-75 can be accessed from State Route 78 (Pine Island Road). Within the city a network of arterial roadways are established. Cape Coral has approximately {{convert|1100|mi|km}} of roadways. In general, the north–south routes are evenly spaced apart every one or {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}}, and most of them have at least four lanes.

Cape Coral is connected to the south side of the Caloosahatchee River by two bridges. The {{convert|3,400|ft|m}} long [[Cape Coral Bridge]] connects Cape Coral Parkway to College Parkway in [[McGregor, Florida|McGregor]]. The [[Midpoint Memorial Bridge]] connects Veterans Parkway to Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers. Several other bridges span the Caloosahatchee River east of Cape Coral in adjoining [[North Fort Myers, Florida|North Fort Myers]]. In 2026, the Lee County Department of Transportation and the City of Cape Coral plan on constructing a new westbound span for the Cape Coral Bridge. The westbound span, which was built in 1964, does not meet requirements set forth by Lee County. The $185 million project will include a new pedestrian bridge, an expansion to 6 lanes on both spans, removal of the toll booth on the Fort Myers side, and an expansion of the Cape Coral Parkway and Del Prado Boulevard intersection.<ref>''[https://nbc-2.com/news/2022/05/17/185-million-upgrade-approved-for-cape-coral-bridge-widening-project/amp/ NBC 2 News]''</ref>

===Transportation===
Public transit services in Cape Coral are provided by [[LeeTran]]. LeeTran operates 18 fixed-route bus services, including six within Cape Coral.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leegov.com:443/leetran|title=LeeTran|website=Lee County Southwest Florida|accessdate=December 31, 2022}}</ref>

Cape Coral is {{convert|14|mi|km}} from [[Southwest Florida International Airport]] (RSW), which serves nearly 10 million passengers annually. In 2010, eighteen national and two international airlines, as well as the two major cargo companies, served the airport. Cape Coral is also served by [[Page Field]], a general aviation airport in Fort Myers {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} from Cape Coral. [[Punta Gorda Airport (Florida)|Punta Gorda Airport]] (PGD) is located in [[Punta Gorda, Florida|Punta Gorda]], {{convert|10|mi|km}} north of Cape Coral.

===Utilities===
[[File:Northcapecoral-RO.jpg|thumb|Reverse osmosis water purification plant in north Cape Coral]]
In 1977, Cape Coral became the first municipality in the United States to use the [[reverse osmosis]] process on a large scale with an initial operating capacity of {{convert|3000000|USgal|m3}} per day. By 1985, the city had the largest low pressure reverse osmosis plant in the world, capable of producing 15 MGD (56,780&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup>/day).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.capecoral.net/department/utilities_department/docs/2012_Citywide_CCR.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 23, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001506/http://www.capecoral.net/department/utilities_department/docs/2012_Citywide_CCR.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Sewage is collected and highly treated to produce [[reclaimed water]], locally known as "rescued water". Reclaimed water is distributed throughout the city through a dual water pipe system and used for irrigation. Alternatively, reclaimed water can be discharged into the Caloosahatchee River.

The Cape was among the first in Florida to deploy the new 4.9&nbsp;GHz pre-WiMax wireless channel authorized by the FCC in 2003 for exclusive public safety use.<ref name="ReferenceA">Cape Coral: Growth Engine of Southwest Florida, Publication, CCEDO 2009</ref>