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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-051 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

NCDOT release, May 22, 2020: increased ferry service from Saturday, May 23, 2020 'due to greater expected demand and the easing of certain COVID-19 restrictions'; round trips added to Ocracoke, Cherry Branch-Minnesott and Bayview-Aurora; Currituck-Knotts Island temporarily suspended; passengers to remain in vehicles or six feet apart

N.C. Ferry Service to Increase Starting Saturday

North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division · North Carolina (all NCDOT ferry routes) (State)

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Context, not an order

This record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.

The record

Jurisdiction
North Carolina (all NCDOT ferry routes) · North Carolina
Level
State
Authority
Ferry Division schedule authority; 'The adjustments come as Governor Cooper lifts the stay at home order and moves the state to the safer at home recommendation' (recited)
Issued
2020-05-22 May 22, 2020
Effective
2020-05-23
End
Schedules continued into the 2020 season; further changes not documented until Dec. 2020 (Ex. 053) (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
May 23, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Travel and quarantine
Addressees
  • ferry passengers
Functions reached
  • TV travel
  • CB customer access (Memorial Day and peak season)
  • WF commuting workforce
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

The N.C. Ferry Division will offer increased service starting Saturday, due to greater expected demand and the easing of certain COVID-19 restrictions.... The adjustments come as Governor Cooper lifts the stay at home order and moves the state to the safer at home recommendation.... The Ferry Division will continue to encourage passengers to remain in their vehicles or stand at least six feet from other people while on board to prevent the spread of COVID-19.... Currituck-Knotts Island: Service temporarily suspended

Enforcement

Operator schedule decision

Notes

Service announcement graded context; the Ferry Division's own linkage of its reduced schedules to the stay-at-home order (EO 121) and of their easing to EO 141 (Safer at Home, effective May 22, 2020 5:00 p.m.).

Retrieval note

Rendered copy of the NCDOT release 'Published Date: 5/22/2020' (no Wayback banner in the text layer).