Naples beaches reopened Wednesday morning.
City leaders decided to shut them down again Sunday after an influx of visitors and crowds not social distancing.
Despite new restrictions put in place to discourage visitors, Fox 4 spoke with some who traveled from the east coast of Florida again for a day on the sand.
CHRIS SOON, LET’S SEND IT OVERTO TRENT FOR A CHECK OF THEWEATHER)NAPLES BEACHES ARE BACK OPENTHIS MORNING...AFTER CITYLEADERS CAME TOGETHER ON NEWRESTRICTIONS.THIS COMES AFTER THOSE SAMELEADERS CLOSED BEACHES OVER THEWEEKEND, BECAUSE OUT OF TOWNVISITORS WERE HEADING OVER, ANDNOT SOCIAL DISTANCING.OUR JESSICA ALPERN IS LIVE FROMNAPLES BEACH THIS MORNING AHEADOF THE REOPENING.AND JESS, CITY LEADERS SAY ITWAS IMPORTANT THEY MAKE THISDECISION SOONER RATHER THALATER, WITH A HOLIDAY WEEKENAPPROACHING, RIGHT?THAT’S RIGHT -- IF VISITORS WASA PROBLEM THEN, THEY KNEMEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WOULD ONLYMAKE MATTERS WORSE.**AD LIB**WE TOLD YOU AT THE TOP OF THEHOUR THERE ARE NEW RESTRICTIONSIN PLACE.THE BEACHES WILL BE OPENWEEKDAYS FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET.WEEKENDS IT WILL BE FROM 7 TO 11A-M, AND WILL REOPEN FROM 5 PMTO SUNSET.ON WEEKDAYS CHAIRS AND UMBRELLASARE ALLOWED, BUT NO COOLERS ORTENTS.ON WEEKENDS ONLY CHAIRS AREALLOWED IN THE EVENING.ONLY THOSE WITH BEACH STICKERSCAN PARK.YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO PARK AT THEMETERS OR WITHIN NEARBYNEIGHBORHOODS.WE DO EXPECT PATROLS WILL BE OUTHERE THIS MORNING TOWING ANDHANDING OUT FINES TO ANY RULEBREAKERS.AND THE MAYOR OF NAPLES SAYSTHESE RESTRICTIONS IN LARGE PARTHAD TO BE MADE BECAUSE OFVISITORS COMING FROM THE EASTCOAST.WITH MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND FASTAPPROACHING... THE HOPE IS THESEMODIFICATIONS WILL HELP WITHSOCIAL DISTANCING.***SOT***"Everybody wants to get out andthey want to go to the beachesand parks and if you’re on theopposite side of Florida, it iseasy to come over here.
I meanwe go over and visit theirbeaches, they come over andvisit our beaches but during anemergency like this and thejeopardizing the health asafety is just something we haveto protectMEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WILL FOLLOWTHE SAME WEEKEND RESTRICTIONSFOR ALL THREE
Naples Beaches closed from 11am-5pm on weekends
