The Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry route is back to its full summer schedule now that “a critical dredging operation” is complete at one of the ferry’s terminals, state transportation officials said Wednesday.
The alternate schedule was put in place May 30 when nighttime dredging began of Sloop Channel, which provides the entryway to the route’s South Dock terminal on the north end of Ocracoke Island.
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The schedule is as follows:
Hatteras-Ocracoke: 5 a.m., 6 a.m., 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m.,11:30 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., and 9 p.m., 11 p.m., and midnight.
Ocracoke-Hatteras: 4 a.m., 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., noon, 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., and midnight.
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