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Board approves no-wake zone on Nottoway River at Monroe Road curve after residents cite near-collisions and erosion
Summary
After multiple residents described near-misses and shoreline erosion, the board approved establishing a no-wake zone on the Nottoway River near Monroe Road; a resident bought and will maintain buoys and staff cited endorsement from the Blackwater Riverkeeper Association.
Southampton County supervisors voted Oct. 22 to establish a no-wake zone on the Nottoway River near Monroe Road after residents and property owners described repeated near-collisions, kayaker safety concerns and shoreline erosion at a blind river curve.
Donnie Upton, who said he has lived in the county 33 years, told the board he…
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