officials, the state announced plans to reduce the parking capacity of the park from about 500 cars to about 250, and to post signs on nearby Interstate 84 announcing if the park has reached capacity. Officials said the reduced capacity would help DEP prevent swimming outside of authorized areas. On Labor Day 2007, an 18-year-old man from Queens, New York City, New York, became the third drowning victim of 2007 at about 1 p.m. at East Beach, an area that was not protected by lifeguards because the state DEP believed the drowning danger to be lower than other sections of the park. In June 2008, DEP unveiled several improvements to the park designed to improve the safety of swimmers. The designated beach swimming area was enlarged and clearly marked to make it more attractive to swimmers, trees were removed to improve the sight lines of on-duty lifeguards, and a dock was installed for a patrol boat. The other Squantz Pond victims drowned in the areas known as "the Rocks" and the unroped section of "Squantz Cove" that are outside the designated swimming area. These areas also were not protected by lifeguards. References External links Squantz Pond State Park at Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Park Map Parks in Fairfield County, Connecticut State parks of Connecticut Protected areas established in 1926 1926 establishments in Connecticut New Fairfield, Connecticut Sherman, Connecticut Ponds of Connecticut Bodies of water of Fairfield County, Connecticut