A proposal to change the passenger ferry schedule to Bald Head Island will go to a public hearing next week.
Bald Head Island Transportation earlier this year petitioned the North Carolina Utilities Commission to adjust ferry run times from hourly to every 90 minutes in an effort to try to improve on-time performance, according to a Village of Bald Head Island announcement.
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That request was intervened by the village, Bald Head Island Club, Bald Head Association, and Bald Head Island Academy, which argue the proposed schedule change would not be sufficient.
“On behalf of all Island property owners, businesses, and organizations, including employees and contractors, we desire improved on-time performance,” Village Mayor Peter Quinn wrote in a message to village property owners. “However, we do not believe a 90-minute passenger ferry schedule provides enough capacity to meet this island’s current and growing needs.”
The village and “other intervenors” have been working with the transportation group to find a solution, “and will continue to do so,” he stated.
The hearing will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Courtroom 2 of the Brunswick County Courthouse, 310 Government Center Drive NE, Bolivia.
