http://www.monroecountyem.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=131
Posted on: September 13, 2017
MONROE COUNTY IS ONLY OPEN TO MM 73 – NOT TO MARATHON
An erroneous report stated that Monroe County was open to Marathon. That is INCORRECT. Please help us refute this report.
Monroe County is only open to MM 73 in Islamorada. Only residents or business owners in the Upper Keys are allowed into the County.
No residents and business owners are allowed past MM 73. Only first responders and preapproved workers who are helping with the response are allowed past this point at this time.
Anyone at MM 73 must leave before the dusk-to-dawn curfew that is in effect throughout the Keys. People at the checkpoint who don’t reside in the Upper Keys must either leave the Keys or go to Coral Shores High School at MM 90 in Tavernier. It is open as a shelter of last resort. There are no services.
Monroe County is working as quickly as possible to restore power, water and medical services to Marathon and the Lower Keys and Key West. We can not open the County to these areas until the are safe.