News Roundup… Ferries.
— by Jeffrey Wisniewski — 9 July 2008 — Comments Off
Hercules was mentioned in a Contra Costa Times article this morning on bringing a ferry back to Richmond…
The push for a more robust Bay Area ferry system got a financial boost in June when the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security approved $25 million in Proposition 1B transportation bond money for the Water Emergency Transportation Authority, an agency created last year to oversee a local network.
Proposition 1B, authored by state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, eventually will allocate $250 million to the Water Emergency Transportation Authority to help craft a ferry system to move people and supplies, especially in a disaster where bridges and roads might be unusable.
The June allocation will be used to build a ferry terminal in South San Francisco and to continue planning terminals in Berkeley and Hercules, said Shirley Douglas, a water authority spokeswoman. In addition, $2 million will be dedicated to environmental studies for new ferry service out of Richmond, Antioch, Martinez and Redwood City, she said.