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Old Posted Sep 21, 2018, 2:34 AM
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Island Ferries 'disappointed' Nanaimo-Vancouver foot ferry won't start this summer

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NANAIMO — Another summer will sail past without passenger ferry service between Nanaimo and Vancouver.

Island Ferry Services (IFSL) announced Monday it will not begin service this summer due to delays in various approval processes the company said are out of its control. The proponent has been working to establish a passenger-only ferry service between the downtowns of the two cities for the better part of five years.

"We're disappointed. We appreciate this is a complex project and there are interests that other organizations have. They have to do their due diligence and regulatory stuff...We're just going to plow through the process," David Marshall, Island Ferry's director of operations, told NanaimoNewsNOW.

He said there are three hurdles remaining, the timing of which are out of IFSL's control:

Approval of an environmental assessment with the Nanaimo Port Authority (NPA)
Lease negotiations with TransLink for use of a berth at the SeaBus terminal which are "nearing completion and going well"
An unexpected environmental assessment related to some minor terminal work in Vancouver
Marshall said the review involving the NPA is "taking much longer" than they planned, noting it took the port authority nine weeks to respond to a draft version of the report. He said the updated final version will be submitted this week and "We hope the NPA will review and approve it in short order."

Once all outside approvals are secured, it will take six months for IFSL to get the service up-and-running, Marshall said, adding the only time of the year they wouldn't launch is November or February.
https://nanaimonewsnow.com/article/5...t-start-summer

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news...e-this-summer/
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