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Galveston Mayor Orders All Beaches On The Island Closed This Weekend

Galveston Mayor Orders All Beaches On The Island Closed This Weekend

According to Mayor Jim Yarbrough’s order, beach access will be restricted beginning 5 a.m. Friday through midnight Monday. No one may walk on or drive along the 30 or so miles of sand from East Beach to the San Luis Pass.

Mayor Yarbrough hopes his order will stop people from coming to the island this weekend.

Obviously, the already struggling businesses on the island are not happy with the Mayor’s decision.

Galveston’s The Daily News newspaper spoke to business leaders who say the order will hurt them.

They report:

"When people hear the news, they’ll cancel their hotel reservations, said Willis Gandhi, president of the Galveston Hotel & Lodging Association. He owns island properties such as Best Western Plus, 8502 Seawall Blvd.
“We tried to stop it,” Gandhi said.
People have been practicing social distancing on the beach and Gandhi isn’t sure why the Fourth of July would be any different, he said...
The closure will hurt business, said Johnny Smecca, a principal in the Galveston Restaurant Group, which owns seawall locations, including Papa’s Pizza, 4400 Seawall Blvd., and Mario’s Seawall Italian Restaurant, 628 Seawall Blvd.
“This is death by a thousand slices,” Smecca said. “Every day there’s a new cut.”
People aren’t getting sick from going to the beach and they’re not getting sick at his restaurants, he said.
“I don’t know what they’re doing when they leave the beach, but they’re not getting it on the beach,” Smecca said."

In addition, Galveston County Judge Mark Henry announced yesterday that all beaches on Bolivar Peninsula will also be closed.


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