Pamlico Sound ferry routes to resume full summer schedules after dredging completed
by Jordan Honeycutt
{p}The Pamlico Sound ferries are back to full summer schedules after dredging has been completed. (Photo provided by North Carolina Department of Transportation){/p}
OCRACOKE, Hyde County —
The N.C. Ferry System’s Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke ferry routes will be resuming full summer service on Friday, July 1, 2022, after completion of critical dredging in Bigfoot Slough, just outside the Ocracoke-Silver Lake terminal.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Dredge Merritt performed the dredging over the past two weeks.
Dredging was needed to relieve shoaling that had made the ferry channel too shallow to safely operate the larger vessels.
As of Friday, the full summer schedule will be:
- Cedar Island-Ocracoke: 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
- Ocracoke-Cedar Island: 7:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
- Swan Quarter-Ocracoke: 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
- Ocracoke-Swan Quarter: 7 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 3:45 p.m.
Reservations are highly recommended during the busy summer season. People can also make reservations by calling 1-800-BY-FERRY.
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