BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Visitors could soon be able to ride a public boat to Deer Island, just offshore from Biloxi.
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann tells the Sun Herald (http://bit.ly/1oOuLk6) that his office plans to build two piers on the state-owned island and seek boat operators to ferry passengers back and forth for a few hours or a day
He says the state has set aside $500,000 from money it gets from private entities that lease state tidelands and has drawn plans for piers, hoping to start construction by year's end.
Mississippi's Department of Environmental Quality has given a skimmer boats for the ferry. Hosemann says restrooms will be added to the 20-by-40-foot boat.
Hosemann says officials in D'Iberville and Ocean Springs also hope to offer trips from their cities to Deer Island.
Information from: The Sun Herald, http://ift.tt/12vv2Uy
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