Jeff Bergosh Blog: Escambia's Public Beaches Will Remain Closed Pending Further Action by the Board of County Commissioners

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

Escambia's Public Beaches Will Remain Closed Pending Further Action by the Board of County Commissioners

Escambia County officials say Pensacola Beach will remain open ...

By a 4-1 vote at this evening's Board of County Commissioners meeting, the Board voted to keep the public beaches of Escambia County closed for the near term.

This closing of the beaches is being done in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 in our area--in conjunction with other drastic measures being taken statewide and county-wide.

The precise motion was that the beaches would remain closed until such time as the Board takes action to open the beaches. There was a discussion among board members and many comments from the community were submitted electronically.

Commissioners Bender, May, Barry and I voted to keep the beaches closed.

Commissioner Underhill wanted the beaches to be reopened, and was the lone vote against the motion to keep the beaches closed.