Port Aransas ferries damaged by Harvey
There are only two ways to Port Aransas: Highway 361 and the ferry crossing. Hurricane Harvey did a number on hundreds of boats and ships, and that includes the Port Aransas ferries.
Seven ferries run between Aransas Pass and Port Aransas. During the storm, two of them became pinned in the loading dock.
The Texas Department of Transportation and the Coast Guard are working to see how they can best remove the vessels without causing further damage and without polluting the water.
"Pollution is always a factor with sunken vessels. Currently right now there is fuel and oil on board," said Lt. Vince Carreon, a Coast Guard Marine Inspector who overseas domestic vessels. "That's going to be one of the major concerns with the salvage operations and the recovery operations for the ferries."
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