As Pärnu is the summer capital of Estonia, the number of people increases several times in summer. The increased number of people in the summer capital will also have an impact on traffic on the Pärnu River. The last few years have seen an increase in watercraft traffic on the river, which has caused its own share of problems. There will be more and more situations where people do not have information about competitions, speed limits etc. on the river, which in its turn will create unpleasant or even dangerous situations.
This is important to our city because sustainable traffic needs regulation on the Pärnu river. The increase of water traffic calls for greater attention to safety. This also applies to rowing competitions and other similar water sports competitions are less risky to organise – which in turn attracts more people to the city of Pärnu who come to organise, compete and watch water sports competitions on the river.
Problem: current situations is that there is no good way to provide operational information to river users, e.g. for safety reasons, about the race or other information. For example there could be road signs/banners on the bridges or on the water with variable information: slow down, don’t make waves etc.
