COCOA BEACH, Fla. – The public works department for Brevard County started work on Thursday by closing 70 miles of public beach parking lots amid the spread of the coronavirus.
At the Cocoa Beach Pier where the lot is private, guests paid the usual $20 for spots that are suddenly in higher demand. Dale Rust from Illinois was staying at an A1A hotel and walked to the beach at the pier. "It's unbelievable that things are shutting down," Rust said. "I'm not afraid of what's going on.
I'm cautious and taking care to be sure that I wash and the normal things." The city of Cocoa Beach said this week that it does not want "all of Central Florida" coming to the Space Coast.
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