Nate Hulings has the story in the Peninsula Gateway:
The idea of dinner cruises docking in Gig Harbor and water shuttles between the Maritime City and Tacoma may not have financial funding in the city’s 2010 budget, but that isn’t stopping them from trying to find alternatives.
Gig Harbor has requested $284,000 in grant funding from the Port of Tacoma to construct a float extension at the end of Jerisich Dock, with the belief that the end result would provide better access for regional water transportation and more business for the city, Mayor Chuck Hunter said.
“What extending the float would amount to is a fairly economical way to accommodate both pleasure boats, and if they wanted to come in, commercial-like boats,” Hunter said.
