Posts Tagged "Ferry"
Hatteras ferry route to stay free under budget deal
State lawmakers have reached an agreement on a $20.18 billion budget that includes new or higher tolls on at at least some ferry routes.
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Senate budget bill with ferry tolls tentatively OK’d
An amendment by Sen. Stan White was struck down that would delay ferry toll increases until July 2013 and transfer economic development funds to the Ferry Division to pay for operations.
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Hatteras ferry tolls are back in pending budget
State Senate leaders rolled out their version Monday of a budget for fiscal year 2013, which includes requiring tolls on the ferry routes over Hatteras Inlet and the Currituck Sound.
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Corps plans to bypass tricky dogleg in channel
Hatteras Inlet ferry service continues to be hampered by shallow water, but dredging and extra runs to the mainland are planned to start by the weekend.
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Ocracoke-Cedar Island ferry schedule change
Two departures have been canceled for Wednesday, Feb. 8, due to a Coast Guard inspection of a vessel used on the route.
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Ferry toll meetings get underway
Public meetings on the proposed increasing or adding of tolls on five North Carolina ferry routes begin Wednesday at the Ocracoke School.
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Ferry toll meetings start Wednesday
Public meetings on proposed toll changes on the state’s ferry routes start Wednesday, and a fifth has been added to the schedule in February.
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NCDOT relocates ferry toll hearing to Ocracoke
The first of four public hearings on the NCDOT Ferry Division’s toll proposal has been moved to the island, answering the plea of county leaders.
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Ferry runs aground in Hatteras Inlet
A ferry on the Hatteras Inlet route ran aground Sunday afternoon and was stuck on a shoal for around three hours before a rising tide helped free the vessel.
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