Maryland

Access to Potomac River Blocked at Violettes Lock/ Seneca Breaks

The U.S. Coast Guard will block access to the Potomac River at Violettes Lock. This may make it impossible to run the GW Canal/Violettes Lock Loop.

Access to Potomac River at Violettes Lock Blocked by Trump

Security Zone; Potomac River, Montgomery County, MD

Proposed Comments on the Security Zone for Trump Golf Course

Comments on this regulation, Docket Number USCG–2017–0448, should be sent through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. This is the official way to comment on this regulation. You can also send comments to your Senators and Representatives and encourage them to take an interest in the Potomac River closure. You can look up your senators and representatives at Common Cause. Just enter your address to see a list with contact information. We must take a stand against this.

We have spoken with the US Coast Guard. They said the closure of the Potomac will only occur when Trump is playing golf, or when some other high muckemuck is on the course, but that is not what the regulation says. The regulation is written so that they can close the river permanently. The USCG said they will notify us that the river is closed on VHF channel 16 (How many of you carry a marine radio in your boat?) and on their website.