Questions remain as North Carolina moves toward tolling the Hatteras–Ocracoke Ferry

Outer Banks organization asks lawmakers to delay ferry tolls

The North Carolina Department of Transportation ferry Croatoan gets underway from Hatteras Island to Ocracoke in 2021. Photo: Mark Hibbs An advocacy organization created to improve transportation access to Ocracoke Island and the Outer Banks is urging state lawmakers to the North Carolina Ferry Division’s deadline to begin collecting tolls on all of its ferry routes by one year. In a July 23 email to members of the Joint Legislative Transportati…

Questions remain as North Carolina moves toward tolling the Hatteras–Ocracoke Ferry

By Peter Vankevich For nearly 70 years, the Hatteras–Ocracoke vehicle ferry has been a free link in North Carolina’s highway system, providing residents and visitors with access to Ocracoke Island. That is scheduled to change on Jan. 1, when, for the first time since the state assumed operation of the route in 1957, the ferry […] The post Questions remain as North Carolina moves toward tolling the Hatteras–Ocracoke Ferry appeared first on Ocraco…