Lombardi's seafood park in Apalachicola will remain closed to the public for a few months longer.

Lombardi's seafood park in Apalachicola will remain closed to the public for a few months longer.

The park has been closed while an old shucking house there is converted into an interactive museum of the history of the local seafood industry.

There are other improvements too, including new restrooms and a pavilion overlooking the Bay, the boat ramp,and the fishing pier.

The project was expected to be finished this month, but there have been numerous delays including structural issues, septic issues and even the discovery of old fuel tanks near the work site.

Bad weather has also added time to the project.

County officials say the work will likely be ongoing into October.

And while the park is opened to the public during the day while work is ongoing, it is locked at night to protect the lumber stored at the site.

The project is being funded through money collected from BP after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Commission chairman Smokey Parrish said its ironic that the project was selected for funding because the park was off-limits to the public during the oil spill and now the park is off-limits to the public while oil spill money is being spent there.

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