6 arrested during efforts to close Lydgate camp

Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island

A backhoe is used to install boulders at the entrance to the Kamalani campgrounds as a friend helps Randal John Bandmann, Sr. move his belongings, Wednesday at the Shelter in Place site at Lydgate Park.

Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island

Kaua‘i Police Department officers keep the entrance to the Kamalani campground area closed in order to allow the Department of Parks and Recreation crews to start clean up and restoration following the closure of the Shelter in Place site at Lydgate Park.

Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island

Randal John Bandmann, Sr. leaves the Shelter in Place Lydgate Park site, Wednesday as the county installs boulders and Kaua‘i Police Department officers keep the access to the Kamalani campground area closed.

WAILUA — Six people were arrested, Wednesday as the county attempted to transition the Lydgate Beach Park out of its Shelter In Place camping permit program.

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