Ferry frustrations mount as Monmouth County threatens to terminate NY Waterway contract

Well, there's certainly a lot going on, including the weather. I mean, driving from Edison here down to Belford, dramatic difference. No wind at all in Edison. Here, it's like we drove into a different country. But that's another story. But if you're heading to a ferry this morning, you'll want to bundle up because it is crazy. But, yeah, this has been an issue for quite some time, since September, since New York Waterway took over the ferry service here in Belford. Now, Monmouth County officials agreed to that deal. with New York Waterway, signing that contract to change the ferry service from C-Street. Now, since that change, riders as well as elected officials have not been pleased with the service, especially with it making riders late in getting into the city. Then there's the incident earlier this month that we covered for you in which a New York Waterway ferry struck the pier as it was leaving, shattering glass on that bottom level of the ferry and forcing some of the riders to move upstairs. and the boat continued into Manhattan with that broken glass the Coast Guard investigating that incident well according to nj.com a petition signed by 500 commuters demanding New York Waterway improve the service the petition was given to the county commissioners just before it met with New York Waterway leaders Wednesday to discuss the situation and now County Commissioner Director Thomas Arnone says beginning November 1st New York Waterway has 30 days to make improvements and meet all contractual obligations or the contract will be terminated now nj.com also reporting that and New York Waterway officials have said they have worked with county officials to identify meaningful ways to improve on-time performance as well as addressing riders concerns now some changes already made include beginning November 2nd the 6:30 a.m. ferry will move to 6:20 a.m. to hopefully get riders into the city on time and the evening uh change as well a 6:15 p.m. departure will be available from pier 79 monday through friday to help get riders back home in a timely fashion so we'll see how that works out we'll see how county commissioners deal with that we spoke with thomas arnone here uh after the incident with the broken glass and we'll see how riders feel about it as we move forward again received many messages in these past couple of weeks on my socials from riders saying they should have never changed from c-streak we'll see how it plays out keep you posted that's the latest from monmouth county tony caputo news 12 new jersey