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May 13, 2021 BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) The state of Vermont and the Lake Champlain Transportation Company are dropping plans to sink a century-old ferry in Lake Champlain where it could have been used as an underwater scuba diving destination. The Vermont Division of Historic Preservation and the ferry company are now in the process of withdrawing the permit that had been issued for the project. “This decision was made because of the increasing public opposition to the proposal and the additional costs and possible time delay of the project related to the appeal of the Lake Encroachment permit,” Vermont Historic Preservation Officer Laura Trieschmann said in an email.
Adirondack in Port Kent, N.Y. The Lake Champlain Transportation Company s plan to sink one of its retired car ferries in Burlington Bay foundered this week in the face of rising opposition. Despite winning approval from state environmental regulators, the proposal to scuttle the 108-year-old
Adirondack stirred up fears that the sunken vessel could further pollute the lake. The company and state officials on Tuesday withdrew their joint application for a permit that the state Department of Environmental Conservation had already approved in March. Environmental groups had appealed, raising the prospect of a lengthy legal battle over something the company viewed as a philanthropic endeavor.
Vermont and ferry company drop plans to scuttle old ferry
May 12, 2021 GMT
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) The state of Vermont and the Lake Champlain Transportation Company are dropping plans to sink a century-old ferry in Lake Champlain where it could have been used as an underwater scuba diving destination.
The Vermont Division of Historic Preservation and the ferry company are now in the process of withdrawing the permit that had been issued for the project.
“This decision was made because of the increasing public opposition to the proposal and the additional costs and possible time delay of the project related to the appeal of the Lake Encroachment permit,” Vermont Historic Preservation Officer Laura Trieschmann said in an email.