PITTSBURGH —

Pittsburgh officials have reached an agreement to purchase the North Shore Riverfront Park from the Sports & Exhibition Authority for $1, with plans to enforce new mooring regulations to address the issue of boats illegally tied along the North Shore.

The city plans to remove boats moored where prohibited, as they clutter a signature stretch of Pittsburgh's riverfront. Advertisement

Takeena White, assistant public safety director for Pittsburgh, explained the new regulations, saying, "Some areas will be no mooring. Some areas will be 48-hour mooring."

She added that Pittsburgh police will patrol and enforce these rules, which the SEA could not.

"No mooring areas will be the areas where, along the North Shore, the cruise ships come in to dock," White said.

In August, a b

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