11-34 



is the total number of shins in commission. Durinn the Fiscal Year 

 1967 this number was 931 with a planned increase to 960 in the Fiscal 

 Year 1969. 



The use of the harbors for waterborne transDortation is competitive 

 in that it mav cause other uses to be foregone. Heavy shin traffic 

 interferes with pleasure boating and related activities. Maintenance 

 of the shiD channels mav alter the ecoloov and the surface area 

 occupied bv the larne vessels mav well interfere with safe pleasure 

 boating. 



'.■later transnortation is not the only tvne of transDortation considera- 

 tion for estuaries. Since a major percentage of larne cities are 

 located on estuarine systems, there is considerable pressure to 

 develop fill areas for airports which then utilize the lona overwater 

 approaches to keen the .let noise awav from developed areas. The 

 water areas offer a barrier to land travel that must he overcome with 

 causeways or bridge tvpe structures which can interfere with naviga- 

 tion or cause habitat damaqe. On the other hand, oerioheral roads 

 offer some of the more scenic routes available and are frequently the 

 only undeveloped area on which roads can be built. 



Muni ci pal a_nd_ L n ! u . s .'t/_i. a .'L li a .tex_ SuppJ^v 



The water in the estuary can serve as a source of both domestic and 

 industrial water sunoly; but utilization of estuarine water for 

 domestic supply is wcry limited at the present time, 'formally the 



