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Fort Gates Ferry advocates press county for submerged land lease and landing repairs; commissioners outline legal, access and funding hurdles
Summary
Public commenters urged the county to restore an interrupted submerged land lease and repair ferry landings; commissioners and staff described complex ownership, easement, and submerged-land-lease issues and asked staff to compile surveys, title documents and construction estimates before formal action.
Residents and advocates for Fort Gates Ferry used the Putnam County meeting April 14 to press the county for action to repair landings and restore or extend submerged land leases needed to resume ferry operations.
Travis Roberts, a long-time ferry operator, described prior leases that were shortened after storm damage and asked the county to restore the unused years of his former lease or otherwise provide a new term that would allow him to repay loans and resume operations. "We had 4 years that our lease was cut short... I would like to see that we could get the 4 remaining years that we were left on…
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