{"id":5148,"date":"2020-10-04T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrycroatia.com\/en\/?p=5148"},"modified":"2020-10-15T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:00:13","slug":"kolocep-island-locals-want-better-connection-to-the-mainland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrycroatia.com\/en\/kolocep-island-locals-want-better-connection-to-the-mainland\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolocep Island &#8211; Locals want better connection to the mainland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Kolocep island\u2019s residents<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are unsatisfied with their status and overall connection with Dubrovnik, whose citizens they are. They\u2019re especially unsatisfied with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrycroatia.com\/en\/kolocep-dubrovnik\/\">regular boat line to Dubrovnik<\/a>. This is what the residents have to say: \u201cLife on the island is challenging. In previous years, the local community was able to get jobs in their towns, schools were open, and there was no need to have regular boat lines to the mainland. Kolocep island is only 3 km away from Dubrovnik and there were daily departures via <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Postira<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> boat. It\u2019s necessary to emphasize that Kolocep residents are also Dubrovnik residents. There are 2 main towns on the island where the majority of people live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Each day, students and pupils need to travel to the mainland. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The boat which carries them is pretty old, but it has an immense meaning to the locals. There is another boat which goes to Kolocep, called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Europe. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The boat is not suitable for winter even though official statements claim otherwise. Because of the strong <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bura<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wind, the boat stays docked in Dubrovnik, making <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Postira <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the only boat available. Part of the problem for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Europe <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">boat is that <\/span><b>water gets into the passenger area when winds get stronger.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A lot of locals are elderly people, which means that boat rides could be pretty dangerous. Donje \u010celo moor was built in the beginning of the 20th century, but it will be reconstructed soon. That\u2019s when the regular boat line comes in question. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Postira<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tried to dock the moor recently, but the waters were too shallow. Also, the moor is not suitable for winter docking too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is why locals want the contractors to use the larger moor, which would enable boats to safely dock. Another solution is to install a pontoon on the other side of the bay. The latter would be the optimal, and would only require getting the pontoon, which is also financially better.<\/span><b> One of these projects needs to be done in the next 15 months,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which means that for 2 winters locals will be faced with the same problems. The meeting of the locals, which took place recently, concluded that the Postira boat simply must dock in Donje \u0106elo village.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/morski.hr\/2020\/09\/15\/stanovnici-kolocepa-uputili-apel-javnosti-omogucite-nam-funkcionalnu-povezanost-s-kopnom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Morski.hr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kolocep island\u2019s residents are unsatisfied with their status and overall connection with Dubrovnik, whose citizens they are. They\u2019re especially unsatisfied with the regular boat line to Dubrovnik. This is what the residents have to say: \u201cLife on the island is challenging. In previous years, the local community was able to get jobs in their towns, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrycroatia.com\/en\/kolocep-island-locals-want-better-connection-to-the-mainland\/\"> Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kolocep Island - Locals want better connection to the mainland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrycroatia.com\/en\/kolocep-island-locals-want-better-connection-to-the-mainland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kolocep Island - Locals want better connection to the mainland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kolocep island\u2019s residents are unsatisfied with their status and overall connection with Dubrovnik, whose citizens they are. 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