The St. Johns River Ferry is now set to get some much-needed help, in the form of an extra ferry boat, thanks to a $15.6 million investment by the Department of Transportation.
The move now promises to add to what many in the Fort George Island, Mayport, and Jacksonville communities rely upon as an alternative way across the St. Johns, instead of dealing with extra miles and traffic on the Dames Point Bridge.
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“I mean I’ll do 75 [miles per hour] on it, but then people cross in front of me at 90,” Jacksonville local Brett Melvin told Action News Jax Wednesday. “And I’m like, ‘OK, this isn’t safe.’ So I find [the ferry] safer. I find it less congested. I find it more peaceful.”
The announcement also comes after Action News Jax told the community in May when the lone ferry operating went out of service entirely, and stayed out of service for weeks. That temporary loss of service happened after the current boat crashed into the boarding ramp…