It's about way more than just going to the beach
Recently, State Rep. Roland Lemar introduced a bill in the General Assembly that seeks to prevent coastal towns from using access and parking fees to exclude non-residents from public beaches. Critics charge that these exorbitant fees for non-residents are designed to prevent certain “undesirable” groups from being able to enjoy access to public outdoor spaces in towns they could otherwise not afford to live in. The proposed bill comes in the wake of a heated 2020 summer that saw numerous shoreline towns use the pandemic to enact temporary bans on nonresidents at town beaches, and acti...
Source: ctmirror.org