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Committee proposes raising ferry embarkation fee to $1, ties revenue to harbor improvements
Summary
Members of the committee drafting the Nantucket harbor plan agreed to include a recommendation to raise the ferry embarkation fee from the current 50¢ to $1 and to direct proceeds toward harbor-related projects, while noting higher increases would require multi-town legislation.
A committee drafting the Nantucket harbor plan put forward language recommending that the town increase the ferry embarkation fee from the current 50¢ per passenger to $1 and direct the proceeds to harbor improvements.
The recommendation appears in the draft plan’s administrative section and would ask the town to first advance a warrant article at town meeting to adopt the $1 fee, then work with state legislators and other Cape and Island communities to pursue a higher allowable fee through state law if desired. Committee members said the current statute authorizes a $1 maximum; any proposal above that would require…
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