ALBANY – The US Coast
Guard, Tuesday, issued its report on the Hudson River Ports and Waterways
Safety Assessment and determined that allowing additional commercial anchorages
on the Hudson River between Yonkers and Kingston was not an agreed upon
recommendation to come from two workshops.
Scenic Hudson, which was among the leaders in opposing the new barge sites,
stated that “While the Coast Guard is not moving forward with new
anchorage regulations at this time, the report states that decisions have
not been made on whether the Coast Guard will continue to push forward
the ill-conceived anchorages proposal in the future.”
The environmental organization said that “Safety on the river can
be created without anchorages that would damage the Hudson’s natural
resources, community assets and regional economies.”
