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Swan Quarter, Cedar Island ferry runs to Ocracoke to resume
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Swan Quarter, Cedar Island ferry runs to Ocracoke to resume
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Credit NC Ferry Division
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is suspending all service on the Cedar Island and Swan Quarter ferry routes through Monday, April 12. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began dredging the Bigfoot Slough last month to clear the shoaling. The agency said in a news release Wednesday that shoaling continues to worsen in the ferry channel, just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. Shoaling occurs when sediment fills the channel, making water depths too shallow and too narrow for the ferry vessels to safely operate. The Ferry Division will reassess channel conditions on Monday and make a decision on whether to resume service at that time.
NCDOT: Shoaling issues in channel outside of Silver Lake Harbor April 2, 2021, by Eldin Ganic
Due to continued shoaling issues in the ferry channel just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor, the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division (NCDOT) is extending the alternate schedule on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke.
Shoaling occurs when sand and sediment fill into a ferry channel, making water depths too shallow and the channel too narrow for safe operation of the ferry system’s largest vessels.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Dredge Murden continues to work in the Bigfoot Slough channel to clear the shoaling, but dredging operations are dependent on weather and tides.