4th water taxi to debut for Florida-Georgia

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A fourth river taxi is set to make its debut on the St. Johns River for Florida-Georgia weekend.

The boat, which holds 100 passengers, was certified on Friday. It was expected to dock at Friendship Park on the Southbank by late afternoon.

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The new taxi will be available Friday night if there is a large enough crowd to need it. Otherwise, it will begin service Saturday morning.

Now there are two taxis with 100-passenger capacity, one taxi with 60-passenger capacity and one taxi with 50-passenger capacity. That's double the capacity from last year.

The first boat is scheduled to leave at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Tickets are $5 each way for Florida-Georgia weekend.

For more information, visit www.stjohnsrivertaxi.com.