Contracts for New Charlestown Ferry Service by Year's End

The hope of frequent ferry service from Charlestown's Navy Yard to Boston's rapidly growing Seaport District is moving closer to being a reality as the Boston Redevelopment Authority prepares to have contracts for running ferries from Charlestown and East Boston signed by year's end with service beginning in the summer of 2014.

The BRA is seeking to add an alternative commuter route from the northern Boston neighborhoods to South Boston’s Seaport District where growing commercial development is expected to bring thousands of new employees to the area, said Richard McGuinness, the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s deputy director for waterfront planning in an article in the Boston Herald. 

The route – to be run by a private operator and subsidized by Seaport developers – will run between a Fan Pier dock in Southie to be completed in June in the Seaport District to Pier 3 in the Navy Yard. 

The ferries are expected to cost $3 one-way.