County commissioners say skateboarding needs to stop at Lighthouse Park

County commissioners would like to see less skateboarding at lighthouse park on St. George Island.

The park area and basketball court are popular with skateboarders, but the skateboarders are damaging public property.

Parks department chief Nikki Millender said there has been damage to the picnic tables at the park and to the surface of the basketball court.

Commissioner Pinki Jackel said that skateboarding is probably an incompatible use for the playground area anyway because of the number of small children there.

Signs will be put up soon asking people not to skateboard at the park.

County attorney Michael Shuler said the signs are a good start, but if people continue to skateboard there the county may have to create an ordinance prohibiting it.

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