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business differently.” The historic route was four miles; the new ‘horseshoe’ route is about 8 miles. And that has had a real impact on operations. For starters, it increased the cost of labor and fuel by $250,000 per month.

Presently, the horseshoe/outer route forces NC Ferry to go from 52 departures per day to 42 departures per day, us- ing the same number of vessels. And it doubled the transit time for this route between Hatteras Island and Ocracoke

Inlet to one hour. The local impact was signi