Source: New York Post
Some of the most popular boating stretches on the Potomac and Anacostia rivers will be off-limits to recreational boaters and kayakers over the Fourth of July holiday, the US Coast Guard announced — and many water lovers are already making waves over the restrictions. Under a June 16 advisory, the Coast Guard is closing the Potomac from Key Bridge to roughly 200 yards south of the 14th Street Bridge to recreational water traffic, from the morning of July 2 through the morning of July 5 — as part of an extensive security operation surrounding what President Trump has promised will be the largest fireworks display in history for America’s 250th anniversary. Commercial ferries and dinner cruises will be permitted to transit portions of the restricted zones at certain times — but not during the morning of July 3 or from noon to midnight on Independence Day itself.
