What’s wrong: Point Pleasant Park parking lot fenced off.

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Who’s responsible? Michele Peveril, Port of Halifax, 426-1060.

Remarks: Over the weekend, a fence went up, blocking about a quarter of the lower parking lot, a favourite stop for entering the park or just watching the ships come in. The fenced off area is to be used as staging area for construction in the adjoining port, says Peveril---the southernmost pier is being extended 80 metres in order to handle the bigger post-Panamex ships that the port hopes to lure. The project should take about 18 months, after which the fenced off area will be turned back to parking.