After six weeks of lockdown, Miamians enjoy first weekend of reopened parks, marinas

From the article:

Beaches remain closed in Miami-Dade County, but groups sunbathed in parks and on the side of busy roads, while high demand for access to the ocean forced some marinas to turn boaters away. Social distancing was difficult for the bicyclists and joggers who exercised on the Venetian Causeway, especially when tall boats forced up a drawbridge and brought everyone to a standstill.

For many enjoying the county’s parks and marinas, the loosening of coronavirus-related emergency orders signaled a return to some type of normalcy, although larger sectors of ordinary life — like retail stores, movie theatres and hair salons — have yet to be scheduled to go back online.

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More than 1,550 face-mask warnings have been issued at Miami Beach parks and open spaces in the first two days the parks were reopened. Many park goers at South Pointe did not wear masks Saturday. City Manager Jimmy Morales said in a memo Saturday that if “serious compliance issues” continue there, he will “likely close it again on Monday.”

Along the Julia Tuttle Causeway, in between Miami Beach and the mainland, Florida Highway Patrol troopers cleared out crowds that had parked their cars by the dozen on the shoulder of the highway to enjoy the bayside views and go fishing.

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At Blackpoint Marina in South Dade hundreds of cars and trucks hauling boats, some lined up since dawn, were turned away because the marina reached capacity before noon.

People started camping out on the road Friday night around 10 for a chance to be among the first to be let into the marina when it opened at 6 a.m. to launch their boat after not being able to for the past six weeks. Marinas were among the list of public spaces closed by Miami-Dade County because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

But many didn’t get the chance. The county-operated marina’s parking lot was full by around 10 a.m., said Miami-Dade police officers staffing a roadblock.