Charlotte county Sheriff’s Marine Unit enforces slow-speed zone and distance regulation at Tom Adams Bridge

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit is working a special initiative directly under the Tom Adams Bridge in the Intracoastal Waterway as Titan Construction repairs the bumper system that guides boaters through the area.Titan Construction crews are working from a barge and have attached an orange special hazard flag at the entrance of both northbound and southbound boat traffic. The flag is intended to meet the criteria of Florida State Statute 327.463, which requires boaters traveling within a 300-foot radius of the flag to slow to slow speed minimum wake, with the vessel totally settled in the water and no bow rise.The statute also covers emergency vessels such as fire boats and law enforcement vessels with their emergency lights activated. Boaters must maintain a 300-foot radius from them to pass on plane, and if that is not possible because of land constraints or navigational rules, they must slow to slow speed minimum wake.Separately fro