A grant worth nearly $1 million has been awarded to the DRBA by the Environmental Protection Agency to repower two diesel propulsion engines in the M/V Delaware with EPA-certified engines.
The existing diesel engines have been in operation for 40 years; they are the same type of engines used in World War II submarines. Ferry Director of Operations Heath Gehrke said he expects work to begin in winter 2015-16 to replace the engines in just one of its four vessels.
“We've known we wanted to replace these engines for quite some time, but sometimes it just takes something to spark that project and move it forward,” said Gehrke during a ceremony held in the foot passenger bridge overlooking the ferry Dec. 8.
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Those engines have been working for 40 years, and the new EPA approved engines will have constant breakdowns. Mark my words!
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ReplyDeleteThanks liberal fools.