NC budget impasses threatens NC ferry service statewide
From our news services
Despite proposing a historic level of funding for the North Carolina Ferry Division in the never-approved State Biennial Budget, the current...
Hatteras ferry service suspended until NC12 at north end reopens–updated
This just in (Sept. 16) from the NCDOT Facebook page: With ferry service between Hatteras and Ocracoke now resuming, we are reopening NC12 on...
Public comments encouraged by June 6 for South Dock feasibility study
By Connie Leinbach
A large number of locals turned out on May 22 to view possibilities of whether to move the South Dock ferry terminal...
Pamlico Sound ferry summer schedule begins today
By Connie Leinbach
After completing dredging in the Big Foot Slough channel just outside Ocracoke, the long-route ferries across the Pamlico Sound began their summer...
N.C. Legislature to decide on a joint budget; ferry tolls undecided
By Connie Leinbach
In the next weeks the N.C. Legislature will hammer out a two-year budget that may or may not include a toll on...
Initial state House budget documents do not show plan to increase...
By Sam Walker
For a list of NC Legislative transportation committee members, see this story.
Parts of the North Carolina House of Representatives' budget proposal...
Dredging in Big Foot Slough slated for May 21–updated
Editor's note: The dredge Merritt is working in Big Foot Slough as of May 23 and the summer Pamlico Sound schedule is expected to...
Pamlico Sound ferry routes delay summer schedule due to shoaling
The N.C. Ferry Division’s Pamlico Sound routes between Swan Quarter, Cedar Island and Ocracoke will temporarily remain on their spring schedules until completion of an upcoming dredging project in the Bigfoot Slough ferry channel near Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor.
Hyde commissioners oppose new and additional ferry tolls
Observer staff report
Hyde County commissioners on Monday night added their names to a resolution signed by seven other counties opposing the enactment of tolls...
NCDOT to hold public meetings on Ocracoke South Dock study
From our news services
The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold two public meetings in May to discuss an upcoming study on the future of...












