Travelers sailing to New Jersey via the Delaware Bay may have a new place to stay, in the form of a new hotel built courtesy of the Cape May-Lewes Ferry.

The Delaware River and Bay Authority, which operates the service, is contemplating a bay-front boutique hotel at the ferry’s Jersey Shore terminal in North Cape May.

Earlier this month, the Lower Township Council listened to a presentation by the authority that outlined the hotel proposal.

DRBA officials said the hotel would provide about 50 full-time jobs and have a $6.3 million annual economic impact.

The hotel concept is not a new one, said James Salmon, a spokesman for DRBA.

“The idea for a hotel on the Cape May terminal grounds is approximately 10 years,” Salmon said in an email on Thursday. “We’re in the very early stages in

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