Name: Beaver Island Transportation Authority holds an open planning session, 2006
Start: 2006-05-09
End: 2006-05-09
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2006-05-09
Kind: Meeting
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: transportationgovernancemaritimeinfrastructurecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

At a May 9, 2006 open planning session, the Beaver Island Transportation Authority discussed equipment, suppliers, surplus disposal, the upcoming BITA-BIBCO agreement review, sailing schedules, off-season trips, and public input. It submitted a $288,000 request for 2007 operations and agreed that operating-cost analysis should precede any second or replacement ferry expense.

Evidence limits

This is the Beacon report of a planning discussion. It does not establish that the proposed schedule, subsidy, contract, or ferry purchase was ultimately approved.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 2006, "A BITA planning session."
Reports equipment and supplier decisions, surplus-disposal procedures, the June 10 BITA-BIBCO agreement review, schedule and off-season service discussion, a $288,000 2007 operations request, subsidy and bidding issues, and the need to assess costs before taking on a second or replacement ferry. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, June 2006, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the BITA planning report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Transportation Authority holds an open planning session, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bita-planning-session-may-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2006, "A BITA planning session." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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