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Agreement reached for Mackinac Island ferries?
Posted: 06.07.2012 at 1:09 PM
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MACKINAC ISLAND -- An agreement would set guidelines for Mackinac Island ferry service and avoid the prospect of new state oversight.

The island's city council on Wednesday evening essentially approved a memorandum of understanding reached, following an earlier meeting involving the mayor, ferry representatives and others with a stake in the island.  Under the agreement, ferries would get some freedom to set prices in summer, and the city has the ability to assure competition and winter travel.

It avoids the prospect of legislation that could end Mackinac Island's ability to regulate ferry service.

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