Don’t worry, the beach, playground, chair rentals and Salute restaurant, all at Higgs Beach in Key West, are still open.
That dusty construction site between the playground and Salute on the Beach restaurant will become the new restroom building at the beach.
Monroe County officials awarded a bid to Barracuda Builders of Key West in April and the project is slated to be completed by June 2024, according to the sign at the front of the site.
The work included demolition of the former bathroom building, which also included shower rinse-offs and drinking fountains.
A bank of port-o-potties now sits next to the construction site.
Although located in Key West, Higgs Beach is a county-owned facility. For more than a decade, there has been talk of transferring ownership of the beach and its amenities to the city of Key West, although no agreements have yet been finalized.
