The Steamship Authority board learned Thursday afternoon that electric ferries are potentially viable for the Vineyard route. A team from Elliot Bay Design, the Seattle company that designed the Woods Hole, laid out facts and figures from a feasibility study on propulsion methods that showed that unlike Nantucket/Hyannis route, the Vineyard Haven/Woods Hole route was […]
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Cape May-Lewes Ferry
The Cape May-Lewes Ferry has seen plenty of rough seas in its 57-year history, but the agency in charge of the aging ferryboat fleet is looking to a recent economic-impact study and an updated master plan to help launch a new era in waterway transport across the Delaware Bay.
In May, the Delaware River and Bay Authority, an interstate agency that also oversees the Forts Ferry, Delaware Memorial Bridge and five regional airports, released the results of an economic impact study that found that every $1 invested in its Cape May Lewes Ferry service pumped $20 into local economies in both Cape May County and Sussex County, in Delaware.