Recently the PA Fish and Boat Commission voted to extend the no wake zone up the Allegheny River from the 9th Street bridge to the Veteran’s Bridge.

The change is intended to create safer conditions for mooring vessels along the riverwalk, a popular boater hangout along the Allegheny River near Point State Park, according to Mike Parker, a spokesman for the Fish and Boat Commission.

This makes sense because both sides of the Allegheny River there have hard “sea walls” (cement or block walls) and the wake from boats bounces back and forth, creating dangerous conditions for boaters (especially seniors). Elsewhere on the rivers the natural shoreline dissipates wake more quickly.

This petition is requesting that the no wake zone be extended up the Monongahela River up to the Smithfield Street bridge as well.

The marinas at Station Square are the only marinas that fall victim to hard sea walls and its impact on wake. We have had people get hurt because the docks at the marina and the boats moored there bounce around violently due to out of control wake.

In addition, there are a lot of commercial businesses that operate out of these marinas and their employees and customers are being put at risk. Included are the Crusin’ Tikis boats, Pittsburgh Pedal Boats, Freedom Boat Club Pittsburgh, the Gateway Clipper Fleet and Rush Hour Charter Boats.

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION TO EXTEND THE NO WAKE ZONE ON THE MONONGAHELA RIVER UP TO THE SMITHFIELD STREET BRIDGE! Thank you.