Post by ferryfast admin on Oct 3, 2004 10:50:55 GMT -5
You can download the entire master plan for The Alaska Marine Highway System Projects (Highways & Ferries) @ the following:
Alaska Statewide & Area Transportation Plans
(see lower paragraph for PDF link)
www.dot.state.ak.us/stwdplng/projectinfo/ser/newwave/SATP_FINAL/index.shtml
• Expanded operations of new fast vehicle ferries serving Juneau, Petersburg, and Sitka. Fast ferry service is planned between Ketchikan and Petersburg, and a new southern gateway shuttle ferry is planned between Ketchikan and Prince Rupert. Following completion of the highway connections, the fast ferry between Ketchikan and Petersburg would be redeployed between Sitka and Petersburg. The southern gateway shuttle ferry between Ketchikan and Prince Rupert would continue to serve as demand warranted.
• Shuttle ferry connections for through highways links.
• Inter-Island Ferry Authority ferry connections to Prince of Wales Island via Hollis to Ketchikan and ferry service connecting Coffman Cove, Wrangell, and Petersburg.
• Ferry connections to less populous communities that remain isolated from the land highway network. The plan includes a new airport at Angoon, public seaplane floats at Edna Bay and Naukati, and continued improvement of the region’s 12 airports and 33 public seaplane floats.
The recommendations of the SATP are general. Uncertainties remain, such as the outcome of the necessary environmental and preliminary engineering studies. The performance of the new fast ferry, the M/V Fairweather, is being evaluated to determine whether the state would purchase additional fast ferries or pursue different ferry technology to replace an aging fleet. Should the state decide not to purchase additional ferries of the Fairweather class, existing ferries would be maintained, until replaced with more conventional vessels and road segments. Although the SATP proposes that specific road routes be developed and specific types of ferries be acquired, this approach does not preclude substitution of a different road route or vessel if subsequent information directs the state to a better transportation alternative to accomplish the same objective.
JCB
Alaska Statewide & Area Transportation Plans
(see lower paragraph for PDF link)
www.dot.state.ak.us/stwdplng/projectinfo/ser/newwave/SATP_FINAL/index.shtml
• Expanded operations of new fast vehicle ferries serving Juneau, Petersburg, and Sitka. Fast ferry service is planned between Ketchikan and Petersburg, and a new southern gateway shuttle ferry is planned between Ketchikan and Prince Rupert. Following completion of the highway connections, the fast ferry between Ketchikan and Petersburg would be redeployed between Sitka and Petersburg. The southern gateway shuttle ferry between Ketchikan and Prince Rupert would continue to serve as demand warranted.
• Shuttle ferry connections for through highways links.
• Inter-Island Ferry Authority ferry connections to Prince of Wales Island via Hollis to Ketchikan and ferry service connecting Coffman Cove, Wrangell, and Petersburg.
• Ferry connections to less populous communities that remain isolated from the land highway network. The plan includes a new airport at Angoon, public seaplane floats at Edna Bay and Naukati, and continued improvement of the region’s 12 airports and 33 public seaplane floats.
The recommendations of the SATP are general. Uncertainties remain, such as the outcome of the necessary environmental and preliminary engineering studies. The performance of the new fast ferry, the M/V Fairweather, is being evaluated to determine whether the state would purchase additional fast ferries or pursue different ferry technology to replace an aging fleet. Should the state decide not to purchase additional ferries of the Fairweather class, existing ferries would be maintained, until replaced with more conventional vessels and road segments. Although the SATP proposes that specific road routes be developed and specific types of ferries be acquired, this approach does not preclude substitution of a different road route or vessel if subsequent information directs the state to a better transportation alternative to accomplish the same objective.
JCB