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Cape harbor masters urge Barnstable County to oppose Coast Guard buoy removals
Summary
Barnstable County delegates heard harbor masters warn that a U.S. Coast Guard plan to discontinue navigational buoys across the First Coast Guard District could reduce safety, harm local navigation and depress maritime activity; the assembly authorized a letter opposing the removals.
Barnstable County delegates heard detailed warnings from local harbor masters and maritime officials on the U.S. Coast Guard’s proposal to remove navigational buoys across the First Coast Guard District and authorized a county letter opposing the plan.
The push to send a countywide letter followed testimony from Jason Holm, harbormaster for the town of Chatham, and Dave Condon, Yarmouth’s director of natural resources and president of the Cape and Islands Harbor Master Association, who said the Coast Guard’s “buoy modernization” could remove aids mariners rely on in fog and poor visibility and raise public-safety risks.
“Each area has their own, that could potentially be of severe consequence if they were removed,” said Jason Holm, Harbormaster, Town of Chatham. “I liken this to removing road signs on the road and just because you have a GPS in your car. However, it's a little different on the water.”
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