TO THE BEACH. BUT WITHRESTRICTIONS AND SOCIALDISTANCING...SOME PEOPLE ARELOOKING AT LOCAL PARKS TO GETTHEIR FILL OF FUN IN THEWATER. WMAR 2 NEWS'S DONHARRISON TELLS US OF SOME KENTISLAND PARKS LOOKING FORSOLUTIONS TO HAVING THEIR OWNRESIDENTS SHUT OUT OF THEIROWN PARKS.WITH RESTRICTIONS DUE TOCOVI━19 BEING LIFTED, peopleARE spending more time out oftheir homes. Nats:Track:...and that means peopleare hitting the trails andparks in Maryland. Manysmaller city and countybeaches can't handle thetraffic. Nats: Track: Threeparks on Kent Island haveexperienced a surge. Thesepictures were taken recently.Terrapin Nature Park,Matapeake and Ferry Point havebeen PACKED by the public.These are Project Open Spaceparks and are not set up forlarge public use like a SandyPoint State Park. Countycommissioners voted to closethe parks to EVERYONE BUTcounty residents starting July1. Sot: Last week there weretwo or three parking lots inthe parking lot now, you kindof have to look for a spotright now. Track: KristinDonahue lives in Queen Anne'scounty and saw license platesfrom all over... Virginia, DC,New York, Ohio, Texas andAlaska. Sot: It's a littlefrustrating. I wish they wouldeither go to Sandy Point orjust take the extra drive toOcean City and just leavethese smaller beeches tolocals around. Track: TheDepartment of NaturalResources has pushed back andsaid THE COUNTY can't RESTRICTTHE PARKS TO ONLY LOCALSbecause state and federalmoney is involved. Nats:Track: Mollie Flounlaker andher family are looking toPOSSIBLY move to Kent IslandFROM ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY WHICHHAS NEARLY 5━ HUNDRED CASES.Queen Anne's County has had alittle more than 200 cases.Her family has used cautionwhen in the public. Sot: Ithink it's sad that othershaven't which is why we are inthis situation. Obviouslyother beaches across thecounty are closing becauseagain people aren't socialdistancing themselves. Track:Although people who live inthe county or outside of thecounty could have a differentperspective. Sot: There is nowith almost any of these rulesno clear cut right or wrong.Track: Queen Anne's countycommissioners are meeting nowand will decide how toproceed. Sot: It's one of thebenefits of being over herejust having our beaches andwanting to go to them withhaving to fight the crowds. OnKent Island, DHPRISONS HAVE SUDDENLY BECOMEGROUND ZERO FOR TH | |||||
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