If someone compiled a list of dream projects for this city, a casino and high speed ferry service to New York City would be in competition for the top slot. That was when the Bridgeport Port Authority, with no fanfare, began construction of a new dock city officials say is aimed at attracting a private company interested in providing regular commuters as well as tourists high-speed ferry service between Connecticut’s largest municipality and New York City. Tom Gill, Bridgeport’s economic development chief, confirmed in an interview, “We’re going to build the facility and put out an RFP (request for proposal) for an operator.” The effort, according to Mayor Joe Ganim’s office, is being paid for with nearly $8 million in federal aid awarded years ago and administered through the state’s transportation department, $2.5 million out of the city’s share of the American Rescue Plan that federal lawmakers passed in 2021 to help bolster the national economy during the global coronavirus pandemic and $700,000 from the Bridgeport Port Authority.
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