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Originally Posted by Acres per Second
One of my winter visitations includes about 40 square miles of mostly woodlands and a few hundred residences. The speed limit is 25-MPH, and in a few places, 20-MPH.
With a hundred miles of dead-straight roadways, why is the speed limit set at 25?
Because these roadways pass through about 40 square miles of a Federal Wildlife Preserve set aside to save an endangered sub-species of deer!
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APS, every time someone steps on the lake bottom they cause water quality to decline as sediment that gets kicked up reduces clarity. If you were to sample the beach in front of shorefront houses during weekend play you would likely see an increase on phosphorus and N2 in the water.
Did you know that slower speeds in no-wake zones can churn up a lot of sediment than would be the case at higher speed?
The placement of docks and boathouses impacts fish species.
There is hard science to back-up what I am discussing. So since you are one of the people who promotes these kinds of things, are you willing to forgo your dock and shorefront properties from having beaches?
How about allowing faster speeds through NWZs to correspond to the average depth? Could be 8-12 MPH instead of a blanket 6 MPH.
Are you willing to put your money where your mouth is or are you they typical Winni "as long as I have mine" type of guy?