Real McCoy II Ferry Closed For Overnight Maintenance Starting Thursday, June 12th at 10 p.m.

Date:             June 10, 2014

District:         4 - Oakland

Contact:        Vince Jacala

Phone:          510/286-5206

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Real McCoy II Ferry Closed For Overnight Maintenance

 Starting Thursday, June 12^th at 10 p.m.

SOLANO COUNTY– The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will temporarily suspend service of the Real McCoy II Ferry to perform routine preventive maintenance. The Real McCoy II is scheduled to be closed Thursday, June 12th             at 10 p.m. until the morning of Friday, June 13th at 4 a.m. All work is weather permitting.

The Real McCoy II also known as the Cache Slough Ferry, provides regular service on State Route 84 between Ryer Island and the city of Rio Vista in Solano County.

The delta region ferry normally runs scheduled crossings every 20 minutes, on the hour, 20 minutes after the hour, and 40 minutes after the hour.

Real McCoy II Ferry Detour

During Thursday’s service interruption, motorists are advised to use Highway 160 and the J-Mack Ferry along Highway 220.                    

For the latest information, motorists can call the Caltrans Ryer Island Ferry Update Line at (510) 622-0120. 

You can also find additional ferry facts, maps, schedules and pictures on Caltrans’ Delta Ferries webpage at:

http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/deltaferries/

Or follow Caltrans on Twitter at:

https://twitter.com/CaltransD4

Caltrans appreciates your patience as we work to maintain the ferries.                                                                 ###