{"id":12503,"date":"2025-10-20T16:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/12503\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:10:07","slug":"st-pete-explores-permanent-ferry-dock-at-st-pete-pier-for-service-to-downtown-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/12503\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete explores permanent ferry dock at St. Pete Pier for service to downtown Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The location near the Museum of History was ultimately selected as the most accessible and compatible with surrounding uses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The new dock would include a security gate, ticket booth, and full ADA compliance. No fuel station is planned onsite; instead, vessels will refuel from deliveries by truck. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cA big benefit with PSTA overseeing the ferry operations is that they are able to lock in a diesel fuel price, as they do for their buses, and save money,\u201d Mory said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">PSTA is also exploring hybrid-powered vessels that could further reduce operating costs and emissions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The project would require permits from the Army Corps of Engineers, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Pinellas County, and the City of St. Petersburg. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">In addition, the city\u2019s comprehensive plan would need to be amended since current regulations don\u2019t allow additional marina developments in the basin. Once approved, the city would select a general contractor through a competitive procurement process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">According to Mory, it could take two to three years for the new dock to open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The location near the Museum of History was ultimately selected as the most accessible and compatible with surrounding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-12503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}