Maine DEP approves Safe Harbors Marina expansion. But did they blunder?

 Say goodbye to the view?

Maine DEP approved and signed what marina expansion wannabees Safe Harbors Marinas LLC wanted and environmentalists feared: Marina Sprawl approved in Rockland Harbor

DEP gave Safe Harbors  a combined Natural Resources Protection Act permit, Coastal Wetlands Alteration approval and a Water Quality Certification. Read DEP's 23 page rationale for this misguided approval at the above link

Safe Harbor's marina sprawl plan for Rockland Harbor. Links to all maps from their 9/1/2021 application. And the application.

Nationwide marina Holding company Safe Harbors, DBA as Safe Harbors Rockland LLC , is trying to expand the marina they picked up from Yachting Solutions in Rockland Harbor with the goal of attracting mega yachts. What you need to know in 15 maps and diagrams from the company's 89 page NRPA application to the state's Submerged Lands Program. These illustrate existing conditions, proposed dredge plan, proposed pier extensions and floating concrete wave attenuators, And more. See what You can do after the link list

LINKS

Bureau Parks  & Lands  Public Notice Safe Harbor Sept 1,2021 

1  Maps legend.jpg

2  Existing Conditions

3  Proposed Changes

4  Proposed Dock Coordinates 

5  Anchor Pile Plan

6  Dock A  Dimension Plan

7  Dock B Dimension Plan

8  Dock C Dimension Plan

9  Concrete Flotation Dock Details

10 Floating Concrete Wave Attenuator

11 Timber Floating Doc Detail

12 Gangway Access Plan

13 Shoreward Pier Extension Layout

14 Landward Pier Extension

15  Proposed Dredge Plan

16 Proposed Dredge Plan Profiles

17 Proposed Dredge Profile

Critics say operation of the project will significantly block public access to the city's navigation channels during their peak use seasons, It would also degrade downtown Rockland's historic and irreplaceable public views at Fishermen's Memorial Park: there the harbor, its lighthouse and the Fox Islands of Vinalhaven and North Haven.