Q&A
Improving ferry service with federal funding
1:55:43
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Council Member Brooks-Powers inquires about how DOT will use federal funding to improve ferry service. DOT officials explain various ways federal funding is being utilized for ferry operations and improvements.
- Much of the ferry operations team's salaries are funded through federal funding
- DOT has received federal competitive grants for ferry-related projects
- Improvements include upgrading CCTV in the Whitehall terminal
- A $3 million storage facility rehabilitation project was funded
- EDC is managing a potential project to relocate the Whitehall terminal
Selvena Brooks-Powers
1:55:43
And how will DOT utilize federal funding to improve ferry service?
1:55:48
Ferry service?
Paul Ochoa
1:55:50
Actually, we we receive a lot of federal funding for our ferry operations.
1:55:54
Most of the salaries of our ferry, team is is funded through federal funding.
1:56:00
We've received actually a couple of federal competitive applications.
1:56:04
I think we're improving the CCTV in our Whitehall terminal.
1:56:08
There is a pretty large, project that EDC is managing with the MOCEJ to potentially, move, Whitehall, just a bit.
1:56:22
It is in the community stage of the process, but we the ferry team, and the ferry projects have also been pretty competitive.
1:56:30
Yeah.
1:56:30
The storage yeah.
1:56:31
We we had a storage facility rehabilitation for $3,000,000, and then I mentioned the CCTV, upgrades that we did on Whitehall.