Negotiating ferry funding

The fast ferry from Ettalong will not be operational in the near future, according to Fastships, the company organising the vessel's purchase.

Fastships chairman Mr Allf Salter said that the company was still negotiating funding for a vessel.

"Everybody has high expectations," he said.

He said that once the company had the funding it would purchase the vessel and construction of the wharf would begin.

He was not able to give a timeframe.

He said that the building of the wharf would not commence until a vessel has been purchased.

"It hasn't been held up by Gosford Council," he said.

Alison Branley, January 23