To the Editor: Residents of Barnstable, Falmouth, and Martha’s Vineyard recently wrote to the board of governors of the Steamship Authority to renew our strenuous objection to the Steamship Authority’s proposed 2024 freight operating schedule. A petition signed by more than 100 residents has requested that the Steamship Authority conduct a public hearing per Section 15A of […]
To the Editor The views of the Barnstable member of the Steamship Authority Board are a disservice to Vineyard, Nantucket, and Cape residents. At a recent SSA Board meeting, the Barnstable appointee, Robert Jones, objected at length to an outside party’s proposal to provide backhauling services by barge for recyclables and refuse from the Nantucket […]
To the Editor: The Steamship Authority continues its scorched-earth approach for freight truck scheduling through Falmouth and Woods Hole neighborhoods. Last month the Steamship Authority board approved its Section 15A Report by a vote of 3 to 1. The report continued the current shipping schedule that includes 5:30 am trips out of Woods Hole from […]
The Steamship Authority says it got no bidders seeking to provide a freight transportation service for Martha’s Vineyard from an off-Cape port by the Aug. 2 deadline, according to a press release issued Friday. The release stated that a request for proposals (RFP) was issued in March in accordance with a vote in September. The […]