September 18, 2026

Originally published by Island Free Press: For Ocracoke, the ferry priority debate is about more than getting to the front of the line. Here’s why you should care When Ocracoke residents gathered at the Community Center on Tuesday night to talk about the future of the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry, relatively little of the conversation centered on […]

September 18, 2026

Originally published by Ocracoke Observer: Ending resident ferry priority passes would devastate Ocracoke; legislators need to correct this For Ocracoke residents, the ferry is their public highway—a vital link across open water to medical care, jobs, supplies and essential services not available on this remote island. Eliminating resident priority boarding for the Hatteras Inlet ferry […]

September 10, 2026

Originally published by Island Free Press: Hyde County, OCBA, and Ocracoke Access Alliance to Host Joint Public Comment Session on Ferry Tolls and Resident Priority Passes Hyde County, the Ocracoke Civic and Business Association (OCBA), and the Ocracoke Access Alliance (OAA) are partnering to host a joint Public Comment Session on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, […]

September 10, 2026

Originally published by Ocracoke Observer: Public comment session on Ocracoke resident priority passes scheduled for Sept. 15 OCRACOKE, N.C. — Hyde County, the Ocracoke Civic and Business Association (OCBA) and the Ocracoke Access Alliance (OAA) are partnering to host a Public Comment Session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, in the Ocracoke Community Center. The […]

September 1, 2026

Originally published by Ocracoke Observer: Meeting on ferry tolls set for Sept. 9; residential priority passes could be invalid as of Jan. 1. By Connie Leinbach The N.C. Ferry Division will hold a meeting in Ocracoke School gym at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, to discuss the Jan. 1 start for tolling the Hatteras ferry […]

August 30, 2026

Originally published by Island Free Press: Ferry tolls are coming: What to know before the September listening sessions When Hatteras and Ocracoke residents walk into public listening sessions next week on North Carolina’s new ferry toll mandate, some parts of the equation will already be settled. Unless state lawmakers change the law, tolls must begin […]

August 18, 2026

Originally published by Outer Banks Voice: NCDOT survey seeks public input on new ferry toll policy By Outer Banks Voice on August 18, 2026 (NCDOT) With NCDOT facing a Jan. 1, 2027 deadline to begin tolling previously untolled routes, it is providing a platform for public feedback through an online survey that will be available […]

August 17, 2026

Originally published by Wagnabbit: Ocracoke, N.C., is feeling the pain of anticipated ferry tolls Part 5 in a Series Ferry tolls in North Carolina are already in place on three of the state routes that carry both passengers and vehicles – Cedar Island-Ocracoke, Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Southport-Fort Fisher. But a new requirement to extend tolls […]

July 29, 2026

Originally published by Island Free Press: Five months to toll every N.C. ferry route: What would it take to meet the Jan. 1 deadline? Implementing tolls on the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route by Jan. 1, 2027, may be technically possible, but experiences in North Carolina and other states suggest that implementing a permanent, fully integrated tolling […]