4& - Sunday, August 15, 1993 - North Shore News

TASK FORCE ON SAFETY AND SCHEDULING

Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal
down-sizing a must, says MLA

THE B.C. Ferry Corp. (BCFC) should make plans to

down-size its Horseshoe Bay terminal,

said West Van-

couver-Garibaldi MLA David Mitchell.

He made the comment after the
BCFC said it will implement all
eight major recommendations of a
task force struck to look at the
issues of safety and scheduling at
BCFC terminals.

The task force was established
following the recommendations of
the Nemetz inquiry, which was
struck following an accident at the
BCFC’s Departure Bay terminal in
Nanaimo last August.

' . In that incident, the Queen of
New Westminster pulled away
from a ferry dock at Departure
Bay just as a mini van was about
to board the ferry frou an upper
loading ramp.

When the ferry pulled away, the
van drove off the ramp, struck the
lower’ deck of the ferry and
plunged into water.

An Alberta) woman and her
10-year-old daughter died in the

' mishap. Four others were injured.

The -BCFC has now accepted
: eight major recommendations of
_ the task force on scheduling and

safety, three of which cover the
Horesesiioe Bay terminal.

The recommendations include:
‘“@ constructing a passenger
- loading .gangway at Horseshoe
Bay;

@ delaying by 10 or IS minutes

the schedules of the Horseshoe

Bay to Langdale route in order to

reduce cross-traffic interference in

the loading of other ships;

@ introducing different prices and

times. on the Horseshoe Bay to

Nanaimo route in order to better

manage peak-period congestion.

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The task force found that
peak-period catigestion at termi-
nals, especially Horseshoe Bay,
significantly increases the  dif-
ficulty of maintaining adequate
safety standards.

Mitchell said he was happy the
BCFC has decided to implement
the recommendations. He also
called on the Crown corporation
to begin making plans to down-
size the Horseshoe Bay terminal.

“1 would speculate that this is
the first step to recognize that the
Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal can-
not grow and that it must be
down-sized,"’ said Mitchell.

He added that he supports the

recommendation to charge dif-
ferent: fares to commercial ferry
traffic because that would force
commercial traffic to use the
Tsawwassen ferry leratinal.

“PT othink that might lead to a
down-sizing of the Horseshoe Bay
terminal, which 1 think has to be
considered. In the last year we've
seen more and more accidents on
B.C. Ferries,’ said Mitchell,

He said that he would like to
sez the annual safety audits con-
ducted of the BCFC and called for
better labor-management relations
between the Crown corporation
and the B.C. Ferry and Marine
Workers Union.

“We've seen some real tensions
between labor and management at
B.C. Ferries. Whenever there are
poor labor relations, accidents
happen,’ said Mitchell.

But BCFC president and chief
executive officer Frank Rhodes
said “safety always has been our
primary concern.’’

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