WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-Ferry Construction to Start Monday
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West Addison, Vermont - November 25, 2009
Construction is set to start Monday on a new ferry near the Champlain Bridge.
Vermont officials just got the last needed permit from the National Parks Service, which owns land near Chimney Point.
The goal is to have the new ferry up and running by the end of this year. It will operate 24-hours a day, seven days a week, so it can handle the 3,500 cars that used to cross the bridge.
"We need to get that ferry service up and running as quickly as possible," said Gov. Jim Douglas, R-Vermont. "I live in Addison County and understand how important it is, so we need to be sure that it's available as soon as it possibly can be, and then we'll begin the longer term project of replacing the bridge."
A new permanent bridge could take two years to build and cost $67 million.
Kristin Carlson - WCAX News
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