Saturday, October 04, 2008

Soon to be a thing of the past


...car parking at Playa Jobos. People will still be able to get to the beach - by law in Puerto Rico the beaches belong to the people and access to the beaches cannot be restricted by adjacent property owners. But...

Property oweners have no obligation to provide parking or services for beach-goers. The guy who owns the property where most everybody parks to go to Jobos has decided enough is enough. After Sunday - tomorrow - he is closing off vehicle access to the parking area.


He's got a semi-trailer parked across most of the drive. He'll use the chain to close off the rest of it after tomorrow.

Wow! This a very popular picnicking and surfing beach. On holidays - Noche de San Juan, 4th of July, Constitution Day, etc. - it is jammed packed. People park the adjacent road closed. That's with hundreds of cars parked in the lot. Heaven knows what it will be like now.

The guy has been trying to sell the property. He wants to sell it to the Municipio de Isabela but last I heard they are about $2 million dollars apart between asking and offering price.

This could be interesting. Stay tuned. (Hey, Zan - thanks for the update.)

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