New Coast Guard Buoy Reduction Proposal - Our Screaming Worked!!

[Roccus7]

Enough of us screamed loudly enough to make the USCG back way off!!​

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Coast Guard seeks public feedback on changes to navigational buoys ​

The agency is looking at making changes to buoy placements throughout New England as part of a plan to modernize its system.

I won't bore you with the rest of the article, but here's the link for all of the US so you can Zoom and figure out your impact. USCG Buoy Map
What's important is this Key:

The Starred ones are going away, but there doesn't seem too many of them.

What struck me is all the Purple, Privately Maintained Buoys. HOLY SHIT, look at all that Windfarm Noise!!! Thank Poseidon that Maine dragged its feet on these things so the only slalom course I have to deal with are lobster trap buoys...

BTW, post generated the old fashioned way, by a human reading, typing and posting. Maybe I should get an alter ego ID of Captain Scungilli for human-generated analytical posts???

 

[Roccus7]

Hey, it did work!!

Coast Guard will not remove buoys from northeastern waters​

Maine stood to lose nearly 150 buoys off its coast as part of the plan to modernize navigational aids in the GPS era.

The U.S. Coast Guard will not remove over 300 navigational aids from northeastern waters, the military branch announced Monday night.

The Coast Guard District Northeast announced in April its plan to modernize its system of navigational aids — many of which were deployed before modern GPS systems became seaworthy.

Nearly 150 of the aids that were to be removed are located off Maine’s coast.

Maritime stakeholders had criticized the plan, as well as Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, and eight of their fellow New England senators, who called for the agency to hold off on the plan in a letter to Coast Guard Commandant Kevin Lunday in June.

In August, the Coast Guard announced it would put the plan on pause, and in September, it initiated a public comment period.

Over 3,200 comments were submitted, the Northeast Coast Guard District said in a statement Tuesday night.

Instead, the northeast branch of the Coast Guard will conduct further analysis of its plan to modernize its system.

“We are extremely appreciative of the public’s input on this important project, and our team’s hard work, analysis and conclusions were reinforced by the outstanding feedback we received from our maritime stakeholders,” said Rear Admiral Michael Platt, the Northeast Coast Guard District Commander.

The Coast Guard, however, still intends to modernize its navigational aid system in northeastern waters while ensuring mariners’ safety and security.

“We remain focused on shaping the future of our waterways, ensuring a modern aids to navigation system, and facilitating commerce vital to economic prosperity and strategic mobility,” Platt said.