Small electric recreational boats will be permitted on Lake Burley Griffin under a draft plan launched (at the ANU boatsheds) yesterday.
The management plan was put out by the National Capital Planning Authority which has taken over direct responsibility for the lake and its surrounds from the ACT Department of Environment, Land and Planning.
The authority’s acting chief executive, Gary Prattley, said there would be three months’ public consultation on the draft, with public meetings and briefings by authority officers to affected organisations.
Under the draft, electric boats would be restricted to 3 knots (about 5.5km/h) and would require a permit. But details have not been worked out because the public consultation might reject the idea.
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