{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-050","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina (Hatteras-Ocracoke passenger ferry, Ocracoke Express)","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","eco":"","issuer":"North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division","authority":"Ferry Division contracting authority; \u0027Due to the impacts of COVID-19\u0027 (recited)","instrument":"NCDOT release, Apr. 28, 2020: 2020 contract for the Ocracoke Express passenger ferry cancelled due to COVID-19 (28,600 riders in 2019); vehicle ferries continue with passengers asked to remain in vehicles or stand six feet apart","title":"Passenger Ferry Contract Canceled for 2020 Summer Season","dateIssued":"2020-04-28","effective":"2020-04-28 (2020 season cancelled)","end":"Reversed by legislative appropriation; passenger ferry resumed July 3, 2020 with a 96-passenger cap (Ex. 052)","startDate":"2020-04-28","endDate":"2020-07-03","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["TRAV"],"addressees":["Outer Banks visitors","the passenger ferry contractor"],"clause":"Due to the impacts of COVID-19, the N.C. Department of Transportation has canceled its 2020 contract for the Ocracoke Express passenger ferry.... More than 28,600 people used the passenger ferry last summer. The Ferry Division will continue its vehicle ferries between Hatteras and Ocracoke in 2020 and will encourage those passengers to remain in their vehicles or stand at least six feet from other people while on board.","enforcement":"Contract cancellation by the State agency","functions":["TV travel (seasonal tourist ferry cancelled)","CB customer access (Ocracoke village businesses\u0027 visitor traffic)","SC (a State contractor\u0027s 2020 season cancelled)"],"notes":"Service announcement graded context; a State agency\u0027s cancellation of a vendor contract \u0027due to the impacts of COVID-19\u0027 during the stay-at-home order.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":64657,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-050","citation":"North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division, NCDOT release, Apr. 28, 2020: 2020 contract for the Ocracoke Express passenger ferry cancelled due to COVID-19 (28,600 riders in 2019); vehicle ferries continue with passengers asked to remain in vehicles or stand six feet apart (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-050)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-051","AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-048"]}