Category: Balboa Island Ferry

Balboa Island Ferry May Close Due to California’s Zero-Emission Regulation

April 6, 2023
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A California regulation requiring the historic Balboa Island Ferry in Newport Beach to install electric engines might put them out of business. The California Air Resources Board, or CARB, is requiring the 104-year-old company to meet zero-emission standards and use electric engines by the end of 2025. “It’s probably not going to happen. It’s probably…

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Balboa Island Ferry to Temporarily Halt Vehicle Crossings

December 29, 2021
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—The Balboa Island Ferry that carries pedestrians and vehicles across Newport Harbor and the Balboa Peninsula Fun Zone will be closed to cars for nearly a month beginning Jan. 3. Cars and pedestrians with their pets loaded onto the ferry on the brisk morning of Dec. 29, days before car access temporarily halts…

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