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Leave your ‘wet bikes’ at home this weekend
Friday, May 22, 2020 by Elizabeth Pagano
If your Memorial Day plans include Lake Austin, the city would like to remind you to have fun safely this weekend. To that end, the police department and lake patrol will prohibit personal watercraft, Wetbikes, motorized surfboards and the like beginning at sunset today through sunset on May 26. The ban, which is an attempt to ensure the safety of holiday crowds, only applies on Lake Austin.
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