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Niagara to Toronto via hovercraft? Ontario man's proposal inches forward
http://nationalpost.com/news/canada...onto/wcm/f8e1541e-5210-40be-b9e3-9da9fff9212b
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- Ideas for a cross-lake commuter service have been floated for years, but none has ever found success. A fast-ferry service from Toronto to Rochester, N.Y., ran briefly in 2004, but eventually failed due to financial troubles. But St. Catharines Coun. Carlos Garcia says that using a hovercraft instead of a traditional boat changes the situation. --- "The hovercraft is much more flexible because it can crawl up on land and doesn’t need docking facilities as other vessels do,” said Garcia. The hovercraft is also able to traverse ice during the winter, and doesn’t create a large wake in the water like larger ferries.
- PortsToronto said it has no current plans to proceed with the hovercraft service due to noise concerns. However, Caciagli says that the hovercraft would only create as much noise as an idling semi truck. Caciagli says he’ll continue to push forward with the plan despite the roadblock with PortsToronto. He says he’d also consider nearby alternate ports, if need be. --- Toronto Coun. Michael Thompson, on the city’s economic development committee, says he’d consider that level of noise “reasonable.” Hovercraft or not, he says that getting transport on Lake Ontario is the right idea to relieve congestion and save travel time.
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http://nationalpost.com/news/canada...onto/wcm/f8e1541e-5210-40be-b9e3-9da9fff9212b
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- Ideas for a cross-lake commuter service have been floated for years, but none has ever found success. A fast-ferry service from Toronto to Rochester, N.Y., ran briefly in 2004, but eventually failed due to financial troubles. But St. Catharines Coun. Carlos Garcia says that using a hovercraft instead of a traditional boat changes the situation. --- "The hovercraft is much more flexible because it can crawl up on land and doesn’t need docking facilities as other vessels do,” said Garcia. The hovercraft is also able to traverse ice during the winter, and doesn’t create a large wake in the water like larger ferries.
- PortsToronto said it has no current plans to proceed with the hovercraft service due to noise concerns. However, Caciagli says that the hovercraft would only create as much noise as an idling semi truck. Caciagli says he’ll continue to push forward with the plan despite the roadblock with PortsToronto. He says he’d also consider nearby alternate ports, if need be. --- Toronto Coun. Michael Thompson, on the city’s economic development committee, says he’d consider that level of noise “reasonable.” Hovercraft or not, he says that getting transport on Lake Ontario is the right idea to relieve congestion and save travel time.
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