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More feedback sought in Callaway-Osage ferry project By COLIN E. SUCHLAND The Fulton Sun
A research team helmed by Westminster's Mike Odneal distributed more than 2,000 surveys by mail last week to the Callaway communities of Mokane, Portland, Steedman and Tebbets, and the Osage towns of Chamois and Morrison. "What the Chamois group has asked me to do is tally all the responses and give some analysis," Odneal said Wednesday. "The survey really is something they can do to take that next step in their business plan." Odneal said a 3-5 percent return rate from the surveys would be acceptable, but he anticipates local residents will be more responsive. "The more information, the better, obviously," he said. The survey asks residents about their potential use of a ferry as well as what would constitute a fair price for crossing the river. CIDC also wants to know about residents' interest in using the ferry as an excursion craft. For the past two years, CIDC has been seeking to establish a first-of-its-kind ferry service across the Missouri River. Landing points have been designated in downtown Chamois and in rural Callaway near Steedman. Still, funding remains the largest obstacle for the group, which is hoping to secure grant funding, without which the ferry service likely is not possible. "The ferry boat project is progressing slowly, and we really want more feedback and input from the people on both sides of the river in order to take our planning to the next level," Gary Reynolds, mayor of Chamois and a long-time proponent of the ferry, said in a Wednesday release. A past survey conducted by CIDC yielded results that seemed to favor the ferry, and the group hopes locals will reply to the recently distributed surveys. "If people will spend just a short amount of time to fill out the surveys, it would really help the effort to determine the viability of a ferry service like this," Reynolds said in the release. |
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