Jones Inlet buoys to be re-positioned
BY WILLIAM MURPHY
william.murphyrb2@gr5tnewsday.com
June 1, 2007, 12:29 PM EDT
In a silent admission that warning buoys in Jones Inlet are out of position, the Coast Guard said Friday it would re-position the devices in the coming weeks.
"Teams will be heading out in a couple of weeks," Ensign Stephanie Pitts said. "There's some paperwork that has to be done first."
She said her agency had just received a new Army Corps of Engineers survey of the inlet, which has not been dredged in 12 years as state and federal officials squabble about funding and responsibility.
"We are aware of the situation and we will be re-positioning the aids (to navigation) in a couple of weeks," Pitts said.
Word of the new survey came in a letter Thursday to the Army Corps of Engineers from U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford).
"We are pleased to hear that the Army Corps recently completed a conditional survey of the inlet," the legislators wrote. "It has been brought to our attention that the buoy placement marking the channel could be updated to better reflect the current state of the inlet."
The inlet was last dredged in 1995 to a depth of 12 feet and a width of 250 feet but should be dredged every four to five years, according to the corps.
BY WILLIAM MURPHY
william.murphyrb2@gr5tnewsday.com
June 1, 2007, 12:29 PM EDT
In a silent admission that warning buoys in Jones Inlet are out of position, the Coast Guard said Friday it would re-position the devices in the coming weeks.
"Teams will be heading out in a couple of weeks," Ensign Stephanie Pitts said. "There's some paperwork that has to be done first."
She said her agency had just received a new Army Corps of Engineers survey of the inlet, which has not been dredged in 12 years as state and federal officials squabble about funding and responsibility.
"We are aware of the situation and we will be re-positioning the aids (to navigation) in a couple of weeks," Pitts said.
Word of the new survey came in a letter Thursday to the Army Corps of Engineers from U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford).
"We are pleased to hear that the Army Corps recently completed a conditional survey of the inlet," the legislators wrote. "It has been brought to our attention that the buoy placement marking the channel could be updated to better reflect the current state of the inlet."
The inlet was last dredged in 1995 to a depth of 12 feet and a width of 250 feet but should be dredged every four to five years, according to the corps.
