Beach front poles guiding Florida hotel block driving in Daytona

Published Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021 | 10 a.m.

Up-to-date Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021 | 10 a.m.

DAYTONA Beach, Fla. (AP) — Driving on the seaside sand, a extended-lived custom in Daytona Beach, is now threatened alongside a single small extend the place poles are blocking any automobiles.

The Really hard Rock Hotel erected the poles alongside a 410-foot (124-meter) portion of seaside to prevent driving there. The chair of the Volusia County Council, Jeff Brower, has made seaside driving a priority because his election in November.

Driving is permitted on about a 3rd of Volusia County’s 47-mile (75-kilometer) shoreline. It’s been a section of the region because the early days of the automobile, when a motor vehicle nicknamed the “Bullet” zipped down the tricky-packed sand in 1903 at a then-astounding 69 miles (111 kilometers) an hour.

Brower instructed the Daytona Seashore News-Journal that the poles are addressed with harsh chemical substances that could damage beachgoers and that he would not appear at any functions at the Tricky Rock right up until they are eliminated.

“I can’t in excellent conscience guidance it when my constituents will not help it,” Brower mentioned. “I consider it would be a huge gesture on the component of the Tough Rock to take away people.”

Brower now intends to meet next week with the Tricky Rock’s proprietor, Abbas Abdulhussein, and its general manager. A area team referred to as Sons of the Seaside had planned a driving rally to coincide with the meeting, but that has been known as off.

“I imagine it is really important Jeff has a profitable expression as chairman and we never want to get in the way,” said Paul Zimmerman, president of Sons of the Beach.

Abdulhussein has declined comment till he meets with Brower.