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| News Release |
Date: May 11, 2009 |
| Coast Guard, City of Memphis reach agreement and re-open Memphis Auction Street Bridge boat ramp | |
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Coast Guard and the City of Memphis have reached a lease agreement that has re-opened the Auction Street boat ramp for public access, Monday, May 11, 2009. In 2007, an audit of Coast Guard property revealed that the Auction Street Bridge boat ramp and the adjacent property is federally owned and belongs to the Coast Guard. That prompted the closure of the ramp and cancellation of the lease agreement with the City of The new lease agreement addresses the Coast Guard’s right to control parking on the property, limit access during heightened security conditions and releases the Coast Guard from liabilities associated with public use of the boat ramp. The term of the lease is 20 years and will cost the City of “We are thrilled to have come to agreement with the City of Memphis that will re-open the boat ramp and grant broader access to the Mississippi River and her tributaries to the public,” said Captain Michael Gardiner, Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Sector Lower Mississippi River. "I was very pleased to learn that the boat ramp under ### Saving Lives and Guarding the Coast Since 1790.
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