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Lakes divide over wake‑surfing: local bans clash with calls for statewide setback rules
Summary
Municipal referendums, lake associations and boating groups clashed over SB 313, with some towns citing scientific studies and local votes to ban ballast‑enhanced wake boats and others urging a uniform 200‑foot setback and state preemption to avoid a patchwork of local rules.
Testimony on SB 313, the wakesurfing bill, exposed a sharp divide between lake communities that pursued multi‑year local processes and referendums and industry and boating groups pushing for a uniform state setback. Supporters of local bans, such as Lake Waramaug advocates and the towns of Warren, Washington and Kent, described extensive local studies, public hearings and a referendum that passed by wide…
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