[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“We closed the beach already but people were not social distancing and we still had a problem,” Duff said, justifying the new measure. “We couldn’t control access to the beach any other way.” Hudson to restrict access to popular Sandy Beach amid coronavirus pandemic Local resident Frank Hicks welcomes the additional deterrent.“The beach was closed not in order to hurt people, the beach was closed to help people and they just can’t seem to get this through their head and they ignore the law,” he said.No parking signs have already been installed and though some people have chosen to ignore them Hicks said he’s noticed a difference.“It’s worked a bit because there are.