I applaud the board's decision. The county continues to pressure we who have invested tremendously in the Pelican Bay community. Demand for access by undesirables who what to canoe in our bays, then beg rights to stroll our boardwalks while likely disrespecting the nature reserve with urine and beer cans is more than I can stand. With God's grace Commissioner Halas will convince some folks that we are serious.

Halas is a joke! He neds to be disposed of, regardless of this issue!

micirisi, if you think you own the bay, then you need to go move in with the residents of Hideaway Beach as they've lost most of the beach over the years, and are relying on tourist taxes to maintain what's left of it.

But if the tourists don't stay here, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T CANOE AND USE THE FREAKIN BEACH, then PB buttheads will be kinda ticked when your waterway dries up and chokes out the mangroves WHICH ARE half dead anyway over the past ten years. There's aeriel photos to prove this cycle of pollution is reaking havoc on these natural barrier islands. They can ONLY DREDGE SO MUCH, til it has to STOP and nature takes OVER.

So to say "undesireables" are the total reason for this environmental destruction is also ignorant, as your very private boardwalks leading out to your very private PB beach are leaching creosote into the water with pressure treated pilings.

PBer's may be whining, but this time, the winners will finally be the visitors to Clam Pass Park, which needs to have better access for canoes, and kayaks....THE SPACE IN BETWEEN THE CRUMMY FENCE IS TOO SMALL to fit a small vessel through without knocking it or the boater over.

They better improve this boardwalk and improve the launch site, too. The corroding wood in the water sat there forever from the one dock, which was rotting and old.

Then there's the life-or-death situation for a person who chooses to WALK the boardwalk rather than taking a tram. So a family is supposed to walk to the side as the passing tram, and hope that kids don't run out and get hit? By a guy driving, who MAY OR MAY NOT SEE THE KID as he drives to the end of the boardwalk?

They have to revisit this entire project. micirisi is it so important to protect nature, or protect your so-called privacy in your fishbowl condo in the sky of PB?

Hideaway Beacher's have a new bathroom for all the undesireables to use so they could get some sand....what will PB's highrisee's give up for this slice of Clam Pass?

Hmmm...lemme think...thinkin...can U smell the brain's engine here?:-)Beetle can!
how's bout....a big parking lot for beachgoers?
Or free use of PB's parks and facilities?
Or free use of PB's private tennis courts?
How's bout lunch on PBer's in the dining room for taxpayers here?
It would be a great taxpayer party!
Keep building fences, large walls, barriers, locks, chains, and see where this will getchya.
Nowhere...... with Clam Pass.
Halas isn't the problem here....he's trying to hear both sides, but it seems to be ONE SIDE is HEARD, and PUBLIC CITIZENS are not allowed to voice opinions on this matter about PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS!
MORE BATHROOMS FOR UNDESIREABLES ARE ON THE WAY!

Current access at Seagate and Clam Pass is underused. I've never had a problem parking my car and going straight to the beach, even on weekends.

Is this a real "crisis" or just something manufactured to spend tourist tax dollars on another construction project that will forever need regular, expensive maintenance?

Why not use that money and buy another access point?

Oh brother! Get real!!! If there really was a desire to give the public a better beach experience and SPREAD people down the beach--WHY ISN'T COUNTY PARKS & REC expanding and improving bathrooms at ALL the beaches? Anybody that has ever had to use any of those bathrooms has to admit what disgusting and shameful condition they are in. The Collier County Parks & Rec does not allocate any funding for keeping the EXISTING facilities in good shape. Any self-respecting taxpayer should join in shaming the County for the poor condition of the EXISTING bathrooms. SPEND THE MONEY WHERE IT IS NEEDED---CLEAN UP AND EXPAND THE EXISTING BATHROOMS SO WHEN YOUR RESIDENTS BRING THEIR GUESTS AND OUT OF TOWN VISITORS TO THE BEACH, WE DON'T HAVE TO CRINGE AT THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE FOR OUR BEACH FACILITIES. WE SHOULD ALL INSIST THE COUNTY USE TDC FUNDS TO IMPROVE THE ALREADY EXISTING FACILITIES. ONLY THEN SHOULD THERE BE ANY CONSIDERATION IN "SPREADING PEOPLE DOWN THE BEACH MORE" OK,...ONLY AFTER THAT IS DONE then put some public bathroom facilities at Seagate/Naples Cay and "down the beach more". Like doesn't it seem odd that even though there aren't any facilities "down the beach more" between Clam Pass Beach Park and Lowdermilk Park or between Lowdermilk Park & Naples Pier, the County Park & Rec dept is NOT proclaiming a need for providing more facilities there to "spread the public further down the beach?" Why target Clam Pass? Why target Pelican Bay? What about ALL THE OTHER AREAS OF BEACH that have no bathroom facilities at all!!? THIS IS SUCH A THINLY VEILED ATTEMPT TO SLIDE IN MORE BOATING & I DON'T MEAN KAYAKS EITHER. THE kayakers don't need want or ask for more bathrooms, more boardwalks, more intrusion into nature. HELLO, the whole point of kayaking is to respect and enjoy NATURE up close and personal without belching pollution and disturbing the peace and quiet of a true nature encounter. What's that you say? Oh you think me and others want to enjoy a nature encounter by cutting through a forest, installing our own version of a pathway (that will leach poisons).You think we want to enjoy the natural beach setting under some permanent manmade sun shelters that take up valuable near-dune turtle habitat? You think we want to increase the pressures of survival for the wildlife that live or forage in Clam Bay by removing more of their habitat? YOU ARE SO VERY VERY WRONG.