Workers rebuild the road at Huguenot Park. | News4Jax
Published on June 21, 2024 at 3:09 pm
Jacksonville’s Huguenot Park has reopened after the oceanfront park and its beaches were shut down Friday when the St. Johns River washed away part of its entrance road.
City Councilman Mike Gay announced that the road had been rebuilt Saturday, and beachgoers flocked to its sandy stretches Sunday, according to Facebook posts.
This wasn’t the first time that a portion of the entrance road along the river near the jetties has washed out.
A stretch close to the ocean end of the park was permanently closed after Hurricane Matthew in 2016.
Huguenot Memorial Park is closed because the only road to its beachfront and campground has collapsed.
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Erosion has left the paved road along the St. Johns River impassable, park officials say.
The park will remain closed until the road can be moved or realigned. There is no estimate for when it will be repaved.
