A new Chesapeake Bay passenger ferry system could “restore vital water connectivity, promote tourism, and boost local economies by linking residents and visitors to bayside destinations,” according to backers of a new initiative by five Maryland counties.
The Chesapeake Bay Passenger Ferry Consortium released findings of a feasibility study for bay ferry service at the Maryland Association of Counties Conference in Ocean City, Md., on Aug. 15.
Anne Arundel, Calvert, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, and St. Mary’s counties commissioned the study by transportation consultants Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Medford, Mass. …