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Heard there will be a new Ferry to the Eastern Shore this year. Any details?
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Kain99 said:
Where would said ferry be launching from? That would be awesome!
morganj614
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Here's the story...From Annap. to Kent Island and Baltimore
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/lo...ay09,0,4136010.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/lo...ay09,0,4136010.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
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Kain99 said:
This is the "latest" and it looks like it fizzled out a year ago:
http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=5241449
Sold lots of property in Crisfield on the speculation.
Everything is a bust now.
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morganj614 said:
Thank's sugar! Your story was a little more uplifting. I'm still waiting for a Ferry that will get me there in less than an hour.
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Well at least people are thinking about Ferry's!Wenchy said:This is the "latest" and it looks like it fizzled out a year ago:
http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=5241449
Sold lots of property in Crisfield on the speculation.
Everything is a bust now.
morganj614
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Kain99 said:Thank's sugar! Your story was a little more uplifting. I'm still waiting for a Ferry that will get me there in less than an hour.
You're welcome. I'd love a ferry from the lower western shore to the eastern shore and not have to drive to Annap.
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Bronwyn said:
Solomon's to Crisfield would be awesome.
I'll cross the Bay Bridge before I take a darn ferry and add time to my travel.
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mainman said:I wonder how much a ride like that would cost a pop...
I would pay $50/pop from Crisfield to Solomon's.
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mainman said:I would pay 50 to push someone over the side...
They will charge extra for that.
Fubar
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It was mentioned a 38' powerboat was used to time the process-I hardly think a 38' powerboat would be the type of "ferry" most folks have in mind! IMHO-this type of travel is a luxury-not for the average working stiff.
The Bay Bridge, which carries about 25 million vehicles a year, would see some relief, with a reduction of 200 vehicles a day, the proposal estimates...sounds like the 2 ferry's are only going to make 1 trip each??
A little history-In 1919 the first regularly scheduled ferry service across the bay began. The Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Company ran ferries between Annapolis and Claiborne, a community near St. Michaels. The ferry service was later replaced with two services, one running from Annapolis to Matapeake on Kent Island, and the other connecting Claiborne to Romancoke, also on Kent Island. The ferries were later taken over by the State Roads Commission, and the western terminus of the Annapolis-Matapeake ferry was moved to Sandy Point, shortening the trip.
I remember when Louis L. Goldstein, former Comptroller of the Treasury wanted a ferry from the Rock Hall to the western shore (he was a big land owner there as well as here)-had he lived long enough he probably would have seen his dream come true.
The Bay Bridge, which carries about 25 million vehicles a year, would see some relief, with a reduction of 200 vehicles a day, the proposal estimates...sounds like the 2 ferry's are only going to make 1 trip each??
A little history-In 1919 the first regularly scheduled ferry service across the bay began. The Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Company ran ferries between Annapolis and Claiborne, a community near St. Michaels. The ferry service was later replaced with two services, one running from Annapolis to Matapeake on Kent Island, and the other connecting Claiborne to Romancoke, also on Kent Island. The ferries were later taken over by the State Roads Commission, and the western terminus of the Annapolis-Matapeake ferry was moved to Sandy Point, shortening the trip.
I remember when Louis L. Goldstein, former Comptroller of the Treasury wanted a ferry from the Rock Hall to the western shore (he was a big land owner there as well as here)-had he lived long enough he probably would have seen his dream come true.
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BadGirl
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68,500 cars a day on average.. and they think 200 a day taking a ferry would make a difference.. how moronic..
I would think to have any noticeable impact it would have to reduce the amount of cars by at least 25%.. and then it would be back to the 68,000 a day in less then a decade.. So you need ferries in place to take 15,000 - 20,000 cars a day..
I would think they'd be better served to make the ferry service more in Southern MD.. I'm not going to take a ferry across in a place where there is a bridge that can get me across in a 10th (or better) of the time.
I would think to have any noticeable impact it would have to reduce the amount of cars by at least 25%.. and then it would be back to the 68,000 a day in less then a decade.. So you need ferries in place to take 15,000 - 20,000 cars a day..
I would think they'd be better served to make the ferry service more in Southern MD.. I'm not going to take a ferry across in a place where there is a bridge that can get me across in a 10th (or better) of the time.
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That was the really disappointing part.BadGirl said:
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BadGirl said:
If they were "smart" then all of these dunderheads wouldn't get paid to do their "studies".
Politics at their best.
How many babies are we going to pay for next week?
Fubar
Look my ass glows!
For starters-why not a ferry to carry folks and their cars? Like it use to be. (or, remember the scene from War of the Worlds)
I don't know of that many folks who would want to drive to a shuttle area, get on a boat, get shuttled to point B then at the end of the day get shuttled back to the boat and so on and so on....
I don't know of that many folks who would want to drive to a shuttle area, get on a boat, get shuttled to point B then at the end of the day get shuttled back to the boat and so on and so on....