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To Persons Interested in the
Long Island Sound Ferry Service Improvement Study:
~1 NEW YORK STATE
D'-P~RT~IENT~ 'T.~L~NSPO RTA~ON
I am pleased to send you here~cith a copy of the report Executive Summary
and Recommendations, Long Island Sound Ferry Service Imorovement Study.
In Part I of the report you will find Commissioner Powers' and my recom-
mendations to Governors Carey and O'Neill while Part II contains a
summary of the conclusions and a description of the study process.
I hope the information contained in the report is of value to you. If
you should desire additional copies, they may be obtained by calling
(518) 457-1965 or addressing a request to: Planning Division, New York
Sta~e Department of Transportation, State Office Campus, Albany, NY 12232.
Sincerely,
Commissioner
Enclosure
-- Authorize creation of a L.I. Sound Ferry Service Commission.
-- Authorize the State Department of Transportation to coordinate
efforts for ferry service improvements.
The~Governor,s pr6p0Sals are based on a DOT ferry service
improvement report. The report indicates that princip.al improvement
costs can be financed by user revenues. The report is the result of
a year-long study by the transportation departments of New York and
Connecticut and a bi-state Policy Advisory Committee. The report is
an outgrowth of a bridge feasibility study ordered by the Governor
and completed in late 1979. That study found that the high cost of
a bridge connection between the two states made financing impossible.
The new report recommends staged access and terminal improve-
ments and the purchase of new vessels for the two existing terminals
(Port Jefferson - Bridgeport and Orient Point - New London). It also
calls for the evaluation of a potential third major year-round service
between Shoreham and New Haven.
Governor Carey said "The report's conclusions argue persuasively
for improved and expanded cross-Sound ferry services, and for private
sector capabilities to maintain a dominant role in such services."
"The proposals are practical in concept and magnitude and repre-
sent the only viable alternative to improved accessibility across
Long Island Sound for con~ercial and private travelers alike," the
Governor said.
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