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River Walk barges are back but staffing and restaurant squabble still limiting routes, services
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Bill Lyons, owner of Casa Rio restaurant on the River Walk, stands by the restaurant on the San Antonio River as a barge travels by on Friday, May 28, 2021. A dispute between restaurant owners and Go RIO, the operators of dinner barge tours, has prevented the dinner boats from returning.Billy Calzada, Staff / Staff Photographer
The tourists are coming back, but San Antonio’s River Walk barge tours can’t meet the demand because of a shortage of workers including boat captains.
It’s keeping more than half the fleet off the river, leading to curtailed services and lengthy waits for would-be passengers. ....

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