Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry to Open By Week's End

From WWAY Cape Fear ABC News.

Scheduled to reopen after being shut down for seven months.  It shut down in January so $3 million work could be done on aging boat ramp system.  Work halted in March due to coronavirus.  This long term shutdown hurt Southport business.

Believe me, getting from Pleasure Island, the area that includes Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Fort Fisher to Southport involves a several hour drive up to Wilmington (and all its traffic and photo-enforced cameras) and then back down the west side of the Cape Fear River to get to Southport.  This would be at least two or two-and-a-half hours instead of the 30 minutes to cross on the ferry.

WWAY says they will let the public know just as soon as the opening date is known.

Go, Ferry, Go.  Driving Through Wilmington Is a Nightmare.  --Old B-Runner