Local resident Greg Piner, who used the Minnesott ferry for decades to commute to work at the Marine Corps Air Station, has a creative and rational idea about ferry tolls.
Piner, who has argued against adding tolls to the previously free ferries used mostly by Pamlico County workers, has figured out that North Carolina would be better off without ferry tolls. He disclosed his idea
here on Town Dock.net.
Local Real Estate Developer Larry Gwaltney has expressed similar ideas on his Facebook page:
"I
fear that our economy will be impacted as day trippers who travel and
shop at our businesses and eat in our restaurants will be less likely to
take the ferry. The ferries have been a drawing card for tourists for
many years. Baby boo...mers, looking for a retirement destination, will
not be as likely to see the beauty of coastal NC and will elect to
choose homes and properties in other destinations.
Most of all,
our infrastructure that provides the working people a reasonable route
to work, will be impacted. The expense of a pass will again burden the
family trying to make ends meet in an already troubled economy. Perhaps,
we need to take a closer look
to see how Virginia and Texas continue to operate their state maintained ferry systems with no tolls."
Maybe reason will out.
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