Submitted by Bryan H. Ackler on Wed, 11/01/2006 - 4:07pm.
All of these ideas are "on paper" information
and could be available when the emergency happens.
It might even be worthwhile to integrate "ferry" landings into waterfront improvement projects to facilitate emergency movement, if only by private craft if necessary in the immediate time after a disaster.
These ferry points could be known and gathering spots for first responders who need to get across.....
and allow control of those that don't.......
It might even be worthwhile for the city to have
available a ferry barge that could carry a medium
fire engine ( based on weight ) in emergency
crossing situations, which could be part of the waterfront facade (i.e. dock) during none emergency time periods.
Don't Let the River Divide Us.......
All of these ideas are "on paper" information
and could be available when the emergency happens.
It might even be worthwhile to integrate "ferry" landings into waterfront improvement projects to facilitate emergency movement, if only by private craft if necessary in the immediate time after a disaster.
These ferry points could be known and gathering spots for first responders who need to get across.....
and allow control of those that don't.......
It might even be worthwhile for the city to have
available a ferry barge that could carry a medium
fire engine ( based on weight ) in emergency
crossing situations, which could be part of the waterfront facade (i.e. dock) during none emergency time periods.