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Transactions Newsletter
March 1999
MTC-Recommended Improvements to Existing Ferry Services and Facilities, 1998-2004
Alameda/Oakland Ferry
Purchase two additional high-speed (25-30 knot), 400-passenger ferries $8,000,000
Build maintenance and fueling facility on Alameda Point (former Alameda Naval Air Station) 2,000,000
Upgrade Alameda ferry terminal 1,375,000
  $11,375,000
MTC also recommends that the city of Alameda integrate the Harbor Bay ferry operations with the Alameda/Oakland service. With a single contractor, the two services could reduce operating costs and better deploy crews and vessels between them.
Golden Gate Ferry
Purchase two new high-speed (35-40 knot), 400-passenger ferries 17,300,000
Build two new floating docks in Larkspur and San Francisco 4,500,000
Provide additional feeder bus service to Larkspur terminal and study feasibility of adding parking or changing terminal to improve traffic 3,500,000
Upgrade terminal facilities in Larkspur and San Francisco 3,000,000
  $28,300,000
Sausalito Ferry Terminal
Construct a passenger shelter and improve access $1,200,000
Vallejo Baylink Ferry
Purchase one new high-speed (35-40 knot), 400-passenger ferry 9,000,000
Upgrade engines on existing JetCat Ferry to serve as reliable back-up vessel 2,500,000
Construct multimodal terminal to expand parking and bus berthing 15,000,000
Upgrade maintenance facility on Mare Island 2,000,000
  $28,500,000
Port of San Francisco
Build four new ferry berths at Ferry Building 10,450,000
Build a ferry terminal at China Basin for PacBell Park 2,500,000
  $12,950,000
Treasure Island
Upgrade to permanent, accessible, two-vessel dock 2,500,000
Total $84,825,000
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