Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Project to run a ferry between Cleveland and Port Stanley, Ontario, looks dead in the water

By Tom Breckenridge / Plain Dealer Reporter
Sept. 8, 2009

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An effort to establish a Lake Erie ferry between Cleveland's downtown port and Ontario appears dead, despite nearly $1 million spent in pursuit of the project.

Withering support on the Canadian side, a new vision for Cleveland's port and an unresolved U.S. tax issue appear to have sucked the life from the project.

The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority's redevelopment plans no longer include a truck-and-passenger ferry terminal northwest of Cleveland Browns Stadium.

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