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The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended a controversial plan to remove hundreds of navigational buoys in New England waters.

The decision came after the Coast Guard received over 3,200 comments from mariners and will now conduct further analysis.

Mariners and local harbormasters objected, citing concerns for smaller boats without advanced technology and the potential for electronic system failures.

The U.S. Coast Guard is backing off a controversial plan to remove hundreds of navigational buoys in New England waters.

In an Oct. 21 press release , the Coast Guard said it was suspending the Coastal Buoy Modernization Proposal, which initially called for removing more than three dozen buoys in Rhode Island waters.

The Coast Guard noted that it received over 3,200 comm

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