PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Although funding for a ferry that would connect Vancouver with Oregon City remains in question, Portland officials have tentatively allowed transit leaders to use two docks managed by the city.
In a letter sent to Friends of Frog Ferry Founder and President Susan Bladholm on July 25, Deputy City Administrator of Public Works Priya Dhanapal confirmed the organization could be permitted to operate from docks at Cathedral Park and the RiverPlace Marina.
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“Use of City-owned docks remains subject to applicable laws, policies, public access considerations, asset management requirements, alignment with long-term City plans and budgetary capacity, and Council direction,” Dhanapal wrote. “Any preliminary support expressed herein is revocable and expires if project funding is not secured within 12 months.”
Since Friends of Frog Ferry launched in 2017, leaders have faced multiple hurdles in garnering financial support for the push to expand transit options across 35 miles of the Willamette River along the Portland metro area…