Cape harbormasters unhappy over Coast Guard plan to remove buoys along the coast

Removing navigational buoys is an unsafe idea

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Richard de Grasse of Islesboro is a Coast Guard veteran and retired U.S. Merchant Marine officer. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) proposal to remove inshore buoys in favor of using GPS electronic displays for inshore navigation is the most ridiculous, unsafe nautica…

Cape harbormasters unhappy over Coast Guard plan to remove buoys along the coast

The US Coast Guard's modernization initiative proposes to discontinue hundreds of buoys from Maine to northern NJ. Public comments deadline is June 13

Coast Guard floats buoy removal proposal

The U.S. Coast Guard said it plans to discontinue 350 buoys across the coast of New England as part of efforts to modernize aids to navigation. Of the around 150 buoys proposed to be removed from Maine waters, 10 are around the Boothbay peninsula and surrounding areas. The Coast Guard is seeking public feedback.

U.S. Coast Guard proposes changes to aids to navigation in the Northeast

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