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You see nothing above.  That is because there is nothing.  For a month we've been asking CalTrans to provide us with written documentation verifying WHY manufactured housing has been singled out exclusively from ferry use, WHEN this decision was made, WHO made the decision, and WHAT NOTICE did the business owners and residents of Ryer Island receive regarding this restriction.  CalTrans has provided nothing.  We've been repeatedly told by the Sacramento CalTrans office, who does the database input, that they have no records of the decision to limit 'MANUFACTURED HOMES PERIOD" from ferry use.  Ryer Island residents, and Ryer Island Farmers who have lived here and used the ferry for 50 years recall no notices or hearings by CalTrans to limit manufactured homes from ferry use.  In fact, several of the manufactured homes on Ryer Island came across the exact same ferry.

So where did this restriction really come from and why?

Update 3/28/07.  Mr. Robert Songey, District 4, Caltrans FAXed the following document which shows when the hearing was conducted regarding weight restrictions on the ferry.  The weight restrictions are not the issue.  All manufactured home sections being denied access to the ferry are within the length and width and weight restrictions.  Note that the very last few words of the document says "no permits".  Mr. Songey says this means no transport on the ferry that would usually need permits.  However, we know of AT LEAST 30 different times since 2000 or this hearing where oversize permits WERE granted use of the same ferry.  So the question still stands, and the manufactured homes continue to wait in storage...