Heightened interest in offshore commercial development, including wind farms, is prompting the U.S. Coast Guard to propose a rule that would establish shipping safety fairways along the Atlantic Coast. The public has until April 18 to provide feedback on the proposal.

“A shipping safety fairway is a lane or corridor, in which no fixed structure is permitted, that sets aside areas of sufficient depth and dimensions to accommodate vessels and to allow for the orderly and safe movements of vessels…