Ferry Size Required Illegal Dredging

RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation’s project to establish passenger-ferry service across the Currituck Sound is a long way from hauling the schoolchildren it ostensibly was designed for. With Sen. Marc Basnight of Dare County as the driving force, the N.C. General Assembly appropriated $834,000 in June 2003 for the project. But evidence shows that the legislature approved the project without ordering a thorough analysis. Meanwhile, problems continue to multiply.