Yes. While most boats traveling in Nantucket Sound avoid Horseshoe Shoal due to its shallow depths, the wind turbines will be separated six to nine football fields apart allowing ample navigation for the boats that do travel into the shoal. The wind turbines will each have an amber light toward the base of the turbines which will be visible to nearby boats in poor visibility conditions and there will be two to four foghorns in the wind farm that will be heard from a distance of two miles. The United States Coast Guard is currently reviewing Cape Wind for maritime safety.

One of the approvals that Cape Wind needs is from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) which will determine whether Cape Wind will be safe for air navigation. The FAA has been reviewing Cape Wind since 2002. Since that time, the FAA has twice issued Cape Wind with a Determination of No Hazard, however, these determinations have expired and Cape Wind is being reviewed by the FAA again. The FAA has raised an issue concerning possible radar effects and the FAA has also noted there are mitigation options. Cape Wind is committed to working with the FAA in the months to come to address any concerns so that the FAA will be able to issue a new Determination of No Hazard. (2/20/09)