The community will get a chance to weigh in on the design of the Woods Hole terminal for the Steamship Authority at a forum scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 4, at 5 pm. The session will be held via Zoom.
The project design team, led by BIA.studio, will be on the call to provide updates to the design since the last community forum. In July, the scale of the project and traffic generated by the terminal dominated the community forum.
The project is nearing the completion of 40% of the design development and the next session, which will likely be in December, will be at 90% design.
To join the forum, go to zoom.us and use meeting ID 834 8610 0608. You can use the same meeting ID and join telephonically by calling one of the following numbers: 669-900-6833, 346-248-7799, 929-436-2866, 253-215-8782, 301-715-8592, or 312-626-6799.
SSA ticket office should be on the hill where employee pkg is now, out of the floodplain, that way it does not perturb the vista from WH road. SSA boats should be standard designs with interchangable parts.SSA is not subsidized. Luxury boats like STENA line in Europe are subsidized and charge a fee for luxury lounges. Why are luxury lounges required for a 45 minute trip?
Scott– I like the idea of luxury lounges. I am sure that for an extra $50 or so per trip, the wealthy would be more than happy to keep away from the serfs. Like the lounges at airports. Perhaps it would keep the cost down for the rest of us.
I also like the idea of the terminal being on higher ground and leaving the vista open.
They could have a golf cart shuttle service for the infirm.
But of course, there is nothing wrong with the current ticket office that cost $6.5 million to build ( think about that ) and is going to be torn down.
My vote is to use the existing terminal. And forget about building a new one.