Restrictions Enacted June 9 For Travel In Chesapeake Bay

ANNAPOLIS, MD -- The Coast Guard will implement waterway restrictions to accommodate for The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim in Maryland to be held June 9. A regulated area will be established in designated waters between Sandy Point and Kent Island.

The regulated area will be in effect from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, which may limit or prohibit navigation by commercial and recreational waterway users. The regulated area will include the entire span of the William P. Lane Jr. Memorial Bridges from shore to shore and approximately 500 yards north and south of each respective bridge, the Coast Guard reported.

Only designated marine event participants and official patrol vessels are authorized to enter the regulated area. The marine event patrol and patrol commander may be contacted on VHF-FM channel 16. The Coast Guard patrol commander or designated marine event patrol has the authority to forbid and control the movement of all vessels in the regulated area. When hailed or signaled by an official patrol vessel, a vessel in the area shall immediately comply with the directions given. Failure to do so may result in expulsion from the area, citation for failure to comply or both, the Coast Guard stated. The Coast Guard may be assisted in the patrol and enforcement of this area by federal, state and local agencies.