Bill to extend no-wake zone on Mystic River passes Senate
Hartford – A bill that extends the slow-no-wake zones on the Mystic River and allows the zones to be delineated with new buoys this summer passed the state Senate late Tuesday night and will likely become law.
Vessels operating within the zones could not exceed 6 mph, with some exceptions for bad weather. The legislation cleared the Senate as part of a bulk consent calendar vote; it was shepherded through the House last month by state Rep. Elissa Wright, D-Groton.
The bill updates boating regulations last updated in the 1960s. The slow-no-wake zones will generally apply to two areas: between the entrance to Mystic Harbor and Red Navigation Marker number 22 (excluding Beebe Cove) and from Red Navigation buoy 26 northward to Green Navigation Buoy 53.
Violators would be fined.
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