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FINAL

 

REPORT

 

ON

 

FERRY

 

EXPANSION

 

OPTIONS

 

Final Report on Ferry Expansion Options for

Summary Report

Marine Division

 

i

 

FINAL

 

SUMMARY

 

REPORT

 

TABLE

 

OF

 

CONTENTS

 

Executive

 

Summary

 

................................................................................................................................................

 

iii

 

Introduction/Background

 

........................................................................................................................................

 

1

 

Introduction

 

..................................................................................................................................................................

 

1

 

Background

 

...................................................................................................................................................................

 

1

 

Evaluation

 

Methodology

 

..............................................................................................................................................

 

2

 

Routes

 

Identified

 

for

 

Consideration

 

........................................................................................................................

 

3

 

Regional

 

Transportation

 

Improvements

 

..................................................................................................................

 

4

 

Route

 

Evaluation

 

.....................................................................................................................................................

 

7

 

Route

 

Time

 

Competitiveness........................................................................................................................................

 

7

 

Net

 

Operating

 

Costs

 

...................................................................................................................................................

 

10

 

Findings/Routes

 

Considered

 

for

 

Further

 

Evaluation

 

..................................................................................................

 

13

 

Implementation

 

Requirements

 

.............................................................................................................................

 

14

 

Passenger

‐

Only

 

Programming

 

Requirements

 

............................................................................................................

 

14

 

Infrastructure

 

Improvements

 

Proposed

 

.....................................................................................................................

 

14

 

Vessel

 

Requirements

 

..................................................................................................................................................

 

16

 

Estimated

 

Capital

 

Costs

 

..............................................................................................................................................

 

16

 

Maintenance,

 

Tie

‐

Up

 

and

 

Fueling

 

Assumptions

 

.........................................................................................................

 

17

 

Agency/Jurisdiction

 

Coordination

 

.........................................................................................................................

 

17

 

External

 

Communication

 

to

 

Date

 

...............................................................................................................................

 

17

 

Internal

 

Coordination

 

.................................................................................................................................................

 

18

 

Equity

 

and

 

Social

 

Justice

 

Considerations

 

....................................................................................................................

 

18

 

Next

 

Steps

 

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