BALTIMORE — The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled to oversee the demolition of the La Trappe Creek Daybeacon 1 (LLNR 24955) and La Trappe Creek Daybeacon 2 (LLNR 24960) due to their deteriorating condition near La Trappe Creek in the spring of 2025.
Two temporary unlighted buoys will be established to assist mariners transiting the area during the removal process. Upon completion of the demolition, the U.S. Coast Guard will establish two new daybeacons.
“These beacons are over 40 years old and the wear and tear of those years is really beginning to show,” said Chief Warrant Officer Joshua Motta, aids to navigation officer at Coast Guard Sector Maryland — National Capital Region. “Safety on the Chesapeake’s waterways is a top priority of the Coast Guard and we are dedicated to ensuring those waterways are properly marked with safe and reliable aids to navigation.”
First established in 1962 and 1982 respectively, both La Trappe Creek Daybeacons 1 and 2 are concrete-filled iron caisson aids to navigation which mark the navigable channel of Choptank River-La Trappe Creek.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Maryland - National Capital Region is responsible for the placement and maintenance of 4,436 aids to navigation in the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding waterways helping to facilitate the safe navigation of commercial and private vessels.
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