EDIT: I guess it's been considered before in 2011 [1] But it appears that the hovercraft themselves were more expensive and carried half as many people. But compared to the cost of dredging for ferries, maybe it's still cheaper?
> But compared to the cost of dredging for ferries, maybe it's still cheaper?
I think the point is that it doesn't matter, if it's simply not cheap enough.
The shallowness of the estuarial coastline significantly drives up the cost (be it with dredging or more exotic technologies like hovercraft), and that's the (short) answer to why we don't have more ferry service.
I think the point is that it doesn't matter, if it's simply not cheap enough.
The shallowness of the estuarial coastline significantly drives up the cost (be it with dredging or more exotic technologies like hovercraft), and that's the (short) answer to why we don't have more ferry service.