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2  Currently consists of three (3) ferry crossings and one (1) maintenance facility Gretna/Canal ○ Operates 11 hours, Monday – Thursday; 16.5 hours on Friday; 10.5 hours on Saturday; 7 hours on Sunday Algiers Point/Canal Street ○ Operates 18.25 hours, 7 days per week Lower Algiers/Chalmette ○ Operates 14.75 hours, 7 days per week  Operate and maintain six (6) ferry boats  57 total operations personnel, 17 maintenance personnel  $8.8 million to operate and maintain in FY 2010

3  Currently consists of five (5) ferry crossings statewide and one (1) maintenance facility Cameron – Operates 24 hours, 7 days per week Duty/Enterprise – Operates 17 hours, 7 days per week Edgard/Reserve – Operates 16 hours, Monday - Friday Plaquemine/Sunshine – Operates 16 hours, 7 days per week White Castle/Carville – Operates 8 hours, Monday - Friday Marine Maintenance Facility – Plaquemine, LA  Operate and maintain eight (8) ferry boats and one (1) push-boat & barge combination  69 total operations personnel, 13 maintenance personnel  $12.3 million to operate and maintain in FY 2011

4  Closed operation of two (2) ferry crossing in Fiscal Year 2010-2011 ○ Melville Ferry Crossing closed 12/31/2010 ○ St. Francisville Ferry Crossing closed 5/5/2011 due to the opening of the John James Audubon Bridge  Resumed operation of the Edgard/Reserve Ferry Crossing on 1/17/2011 ○ Operation originally shut down to allow the Army Corps of Engineers to accomplish levee repair work in June 2007 ○ After Corps completed work, a land dispute between the parish and land owner kept service from resuming until January 2011

5  Re-powered the M/V Acadia & M/V St. Francisville during Fiscal Year 2009-2010, through a Cooperate Endeavor Agreement with the LA Department of Environmental Quality, utilizing EPA grants ○ EPA grants financed approximately 60% of the project costs  Received three (3) separate grants through the FHWA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, totaling $1.3 million ○ Replaced reduction gears on one (1) vessel, replaced radar systems on four (4) vessels, and major modifications to landing barges  Recently notified of the award of two (2) FHWA Ferry Boat Discretionary Grants, totaling $689,000. ○ Re-power and replace generators on M/V Feliciana ○ Replace generators on M/V Acadia

6 Location Detour Miles VehiclesPedestrians Savings to Ferry Users 2,3 Total Cost of Crossing Cost/Benefit Ratio Cameron 120178,256N/A$10,267,545$2,605,105 0.25 Plaquemine/Sunshine 29279,525N/A$3,890,988$2,794,284 0.72 Duty/Enterprise 5046,022N/A$1,104,528$833,818 0.75 Lower Algiers/Chalmette18467,87711,929$4,057,369$4,291,435 1.06 Edgard/Reserve 21¹97,864N/A$986,469$1,974,309 2.00 Algiers Point/Canal Street5174,174885,440$1,524,818$3,808,848 2.50 White Castle/Carville2245,336N/A$478,748$1,279,732 2.67 Gretna/Jackson Avenue834,88142,521$187,094$3,076,474 16.68 1.The Edgard/Reserve ferry was out of service for six months of FY 10-11 due to a land dispute. The vehicle count for FY 2010-11 was doubled to approximate the user benefit had the crossing operated for the entire fiscal year. 2.The savings to ferry users for all CCCD ferries was calculated as (detour route miles X # of vehicles X $0.48) + (# of pedestrians X $1.25) 3.The savings to ferry users for all non-CCCD ferries was calculated as (detour route miles X # of vehicles X $0.48) 4.The ferry cost data for non-CCCD ferries is from FY 2010-11. The ferry cost data for CCCD ferries is from FY 2008-09. 5.Detour mileage is based upon the shortest alternate route on state roads, from bank to bank of each ferry crossing.


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