LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Algiers/Canal Street ferry resumes operation
Contact: Brendan Rush, (225) 379-1273, FAX: (225) 379-1863
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

NEW ORLEANS – The Algiers/Canal Street ferry re-opened today after being closed since July 23 when a barge sank in the Mississippi River spilling oil.

 

The Coast Guard closed the ferry because it would have interfered with the clean-up operation. While the ferry was closed the Coast Guard used the landing as the base of its clean-up operation.

 

The ferry resumes its normal operating schedule of 7 days a week from 6 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
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The La DOTD Headquarters Building is located at 1201 Capitol Access Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802. Telephone: (225) 379-1232.
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