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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-050 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

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

Passenger Ferry Contract Canceled for 2020 Summer Season

North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division · North Carolina (Hatteras-Ocracoke passenger ferry, Ocracoke Express) (State)

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Jurisdiction
North Carolina (Hatteras-Ocracoke passenger ferry, Ocracoke Express) · North Carolina
Level
State
Authority
Ferry Division contracting authority; 'Due to the impacts of COVID-19' (recited)
Issued
2020-04-28 Apr. 28, 2020
Effective
2020-04-28 (2020 season cancelled) (read as 2020-04-28)
End
Reversed by legislative appropriation; passenger ferry resumed July 3, 2020 with a 96-passenger cap (Ex. 052) (read as 2020-07-03)
In force
Apr. 28, 2020 to July 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Travel and quarantine
Addressees
  • Outer Banks visitors
  • the passenger ferry contractor
Functions reached
  • TV travel (seasonal tourist ferry cancelled)
  • CB customer access (Ocracoke village businesses' visitor traffic)
  • SC (a State contractor's 2020 season cancelled)
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

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

Notes

Service announcement graded context; a State agency's cancellation of a vendor contract 'due to the impacts of COVID-19' during the stay-at-home order.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Aug. 14, 2020); banner URL truncated; release 'Published Date: 4/28/2020'.

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