UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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Project Overview
The Glen Cove Ferry Terminal and Boat Basin is a Federally funded project administered by the New York State Department of Transportation to provide commuter oriented ferry service. The project entails the design and construction of a ferry terminal building, marine and waterside improvements, public access, pedestrian spaces, and parking facility.
The goal is to create a great public amenity for the City of Glen Cove that links the City to the regional marketplace, removes cars from regional roadway system, and establishes a unique public realm on the waterfront that serves to anchor the redevelopment of the area.
The primary purpose of the proposed Ferry Terminal is to provide commuter access to the Manhattan employment market and eventually other areas of interest such as LaGuardia Airport and Connecticut. In addition, the long range goal is to attract recreational visitors to Glen Cove as it redevelops its waterfront and downtown. The marine improvements to the project will also accommodate leisure vessels for special recreational excursions.
The project is planned as a landmark in public transportation facility design, with an iconic ferry building that can be used for public events, a dramatic landscaped waterfront space, and the incorporation of the most progressive sustainable and LEED design principles. The project also takes into consideration alternative clean fuels and high speed ferries.
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Project Context
The purpose of this section is to clarify some of the most important basic fiscal and design information about the Glen Cove Ferry Terminal and Boat Basin.
A portion of the total estimated cost of approximately 16 million, has already partially been allocated to the City of Glen Cove. The following preliminary fiscal and scheduling information is available to date:
- 8.7 Million has been allocated to date for design and construction
- Phase 1 construction anticipated for Fall 2008, for which funding has been currently made available
- Final build out anticipated for 2012
- In the process of negotiating additional federal and state funds
The new design and goals of the Glen Cove Ferry are set to achieve a higher level of service and cleaner environmental standards than the previous commuter ferry. In researching and designing for this ferry, the consultant team has taken into consideration matching the ferry operator’s needs with service and vessel types appropriate for this location and its demand.
Ferry Terminal:
The ferry terminal facility design allows for flexibility in function.
- Can accommodate flexible, leasable space generating revenue and offsetting maintenance and operation costs
- Ferry operators to manage and/or share maintenance responsibility with tenants
- Currently have interested ferry operators in line to secure an operation at this location
The demand study included in the environmental assessment report, and required by the criteria of the report, fulfilled its charge by reviewing any possible demand increasing scenario.
Criteria:
- Base demand is approximately 300 passengers per day
- Base demand uses internal factors of no service interruptions to the existing transportation infrastructure
- Additional demand criteria utilizes possible external factors affecting changes to the surrounding transportation infrastructure
- Such factors as recreational service and airport bound service greatly increase the potential ridership and utilization of the terminal facility
This project has the ability to foster supplementary services and needs of the Glen Cove and Long Island community as well as neighboring Connecticut and New York areas.
Please feel free to submit comments or questions about this project on the Comments section of this site.
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