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Anglers, Coast Guard and county officials press for clearer marking of Great Wicomico rock pile
Summary
Anglers and local officials urged immediate maritime safety measures after a decades-old, unmarked rock pile near the old Great Wicomico Light was blamed for repeated boat groundings. The Coast Guard says it will work with NOAA on a new survey and chart updates; the board approved creation of a citizens' work group to coordinate next steps.
Anglers and County officials pressed for faster action this month after presentations highlighted a submerged rock pile near the old Great Wicomico Light that members called a persistent hazard to small craft.
At the February meeting of the Northumberland County Board of Supervisors, Wayne Young, a retired Coast Guard officer who prepared a report for the Northern Neck Anglers Club, described a circular pile of riprap placed as an icebreaker for a former screw-pile lighthouse. Young said the formation is about 60 feet in diameter, rises 10–12 feet off the bottom and lies just below the surface at mean low water — a configuration that has led to…
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