BERKELEY/Albany DRAFT EIR/EIS RELEASED Berkeley/Albany Ferry News #3 New Gemini Photos

The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) has announced plans to hold a public hearing to solicit comments on the newly released Draft Environmental Impact/Report Statement (DEIR/S)for the proposed Berkeley/Albany Ferry Terminal

 

The public hearing will be held on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 7 - 9 p.m. at the North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, California 94709 (near the Downtown Berkeley BART station).

 

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Read the Public Notice and download the Draft EIR/EIS

 

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Keep up to date with the latest Berkeley/Albany newsletter.

 

In this issue cover WETA reports on the release of the Draft EIR/EIS, the Public Hearing to solicit comments on the draft, the launch of Gemini, and the current Berkeley/Albany project timeline.

 

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Gemini is in the water and sea trials are underway. New photos on the Our Ferries page.

 

Take a look at the most environmentally friendly ferries in the world!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Download a fact sheet with information about the new WETA vessels.

 

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WHERE'S MY FERRY? WETA'S NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Download the fall issue of Full Speed Ahead

The best place to find schedule information is your ferry operator's website. But did you know that real time information is also available for tracking ferry departure and arrival times via NextBus?

 

Just visit the NextBus prediction page and enter your route and direction to see when the next ferry will arrive.

 

You can also visit the NextBus Live Map to see where your ferry is or track its current location on Google Maps.

At its June 19 meeting, the Board of Directors announced the appointment of Jonathan Stanley as WETA Executive Director.

 

Mr. Stanley was most recently the CEO of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation, which operates a naval ship museum located in the retired U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet in the City of Alameda. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and also holds a graduate degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Read More...

 

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The latest Full Speed Ahead newsletter features a message from our Executive Director Jon Stanley as well as updates on our vessels, the WETA Community Advisory Committee, Lunch for the Office Bunch, a report on SB 1093 and more.cover

 

If you would like to receive future issues of Full Speed Ahead in your mailbox, please let us know. You can download a PDF of the current issue at the link below or ask for a copy at the Bay Crossings store in the Ferry Building.

 

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