Comments on: Barrineau Park Bridge May Be Closed Due To Crime Problems

By: Mary Lisco Crimmins

Mary Lisco Crimmins — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:52:13 +0000

How sad to read this about a place that holds so many wonderful childhood memories for me! It is such a beautiful place! I hope that this situation will one day be resolved and 50 years from now others will have as many happy memories of “The River” as I do.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:19:29 +0000

I understand about the fights, drinking and drug. But a lot of people take their kids down there to get out of the house and have a relaxing, fun time. There are fights and underage drinking at the beach too. So no matter what they are going to do what they want. A lot of people don’t have the gas or money to go to the beach. So when you take this place away. A lot of people have no where to take their kids. I think instead of putting no trespassing signs put trash cans out there and signs of no littering. Because if you go out there, there is not 1 trash can or no littering sign. So where do people put there trash? Do like they did at the Pipes. Where the Gang ward comes out and checks on things. Come on now don’t take the pretty much last place we can go to swim on this side of town.

By: guest

guest — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:18:30 +0000

Susan you are absoutely right

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:27:04 +0000

I agree about the Fl side. Parents need to get more involved in their teens life and find out who they are hanging with and what their kids are up to. But in todays society, there is alot of parents that dont care where their kids are or what they are doing, just as long as they are out of their hair. I am mainly talking about the ones with the lifestyles that most of these kids are following. Todays society isnt nothing as it was when I was growing up.

By: guest

guest — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:35:26 +0000

Susan, Florida Law-enforcement has cleaned up the Fla side and I might add done a great job, Alabama has dropped the ball.

By: guest

guest — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:33:24 +0000

To Step, Law has gotten behind the bridge. They have done a great job on the Fla side and shut it down. What you seem to forget is that people talk about what needs to be done and oh how great it would be to do this. TAXPAYERS do not want pay for extra deputies down there. Leave Florida out of it, It is private property cant put no park there. A deputy would have to stay down there 24/7 to keep the drunks and such out of there. Baldwin county is not going to pay for A permanent Barrineau park bridge lawman.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:46:23 +0000

I also grew up on that river. Every weekend our whole family would go and spend the day cooking out and swimming. As my children growing up, I used to take them when they were small until I felt unsafe going. But closing the area to public access will be giving the addicts and troublemakers the victory of the closure. Just as it was when I was a kid, the men ran off all the riffraff so that their families stayed safe. If the law enforcement on both Florida and Alabama sides would pull together, catch all these jerks that is causing the problems, arrest them and get their parents involved by fining them and holding them partly responsible for the destruction caused by the underaged hoodlems, then maybe, we can embark on giving all our children and grandchildren the great memories we had growing up.

By: Marc Cayson

Marc Cayson — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:06:44 +0000

It is one of the few places you can take your kids, and let them be kids. Close to home, and no life guards telling them no running, no yelling, etc. We go up almost every weekend. Even when you see someone drinking they seem to mind there own business. If the police are concerned about drug use let them stake it out and treat it like any other criminal act. Don’t close it to the majority of people who use it for a cheap day out.

By: Step

Step — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:33:29 +0000

I am in my late 20s and I use to go to the bridge and swim every summer with friends and family I remember even jumping off a few times. What good will it do to close the bridge the law needs to solve the problem b/c if the bridge is closed and nothing done with the trouble makers they will just go to another area and start mess……….Like I said the LAW needs to get behind this

By: Step

Step — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:19:34 +0000

YEa, I am in my late 20s and I remember every summer going to the bridge to swim and even jumping off the bridge a few times…. And those were good times no fighting and no BS going own. Whats closeing this off going to do sounds like the law needs to do something b/c closing this is just going to make for another problem somewhere else………Like I said the answer to the problem is the LAW…..