New Hours for Okeechobee Waterway Locks - Ortona Lock and Dam, Ortona, Florida, USA
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News article regarding new operating hours for the Ortona Lock.
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Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/10/2018
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The operating hours at the five locks on the Okeechobee Waterway will change at the beginning of April.
Two of the locks are along the Caloosahatchee, the W.P. Franklin Lock in eastern Lee County and the Ortona Lock near LaBelle in Hendry County, according to the Army Corps of Engineers.
The new operating hours at the five locks are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week, with last lock through starting at 4:30 p.m. The change will take effect on April 1. The other three locks are Moore Haven Lock on the west side of Lake Okeechobee; Port Mayaca Lock on the east side of Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie Lock near Stuart.
"These changes will allow the district to reduce costly overtime while still maintaining operating hours that accommodate 95 percent of the boat traffic that passes through the locks," said Jim Jeffords, Operations Division Chief for the Jacksonville District. "We appreciate all the comments we received from the public in January
from news-press.com Published 11:06 a.m. ET March 25, 2015 | Updated 11:09 a.m. ET March 25, 2015
Type of publication: Newspaper
When was the article reported?: 03/25/2015
Publication: News Press
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News Category: Sports
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