Road to Scenic Border Field State Park Opens, but Family Contacts Still Barred

Road to scenic Border Field State Park opens, but family contacts still barred

La Puerta de Esperanza — the Door of Hope — seems permanently locked. The U.S. side of Friendship Park is still off-limits. Cross-border families can’t tearfully touch each other. Border Field Start Park reopens, but remains barred to cross-border families. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) But two years after being closed to vehicle traffic, the road to ocean-view Border Field State Park is open. Only Border Patrol cars are allowed in …

Border Field State Park reopens after two-year closure

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Border Field State Park, one of San Diego County’s most scenic coastal areas, has reopened after being closed for two years during construction that raised sections of the U.S.-Mexico border wall from 18 to 30 feet. The reopening allows visitors to once again drive directly into the park, which sits on the southwesternmost corner of the continental United States. The area offers sweeping views of the Coronado Islands an…