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Supporters of the alternative say that turning the Marine Terminal into a local delivery depot would be the best of all worlds: a way to keep port jobs in New York and Red Hook, and to keep trucks off the roads. At that site, "a container port probably isn't going to be a profit-making industry," says one government aide. Rethinking the Red Hook port is fine, says the aide, as long as the neighborhood retains a working waterfront: "That's not a bad thing--especially from the point of view of the Port Authority."
