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“Bowen ferry services to be cut back during construction work

Emma Johnstone and

Megtan Ross
Contributing Writers

THE $2.9 million
ferry dock closure pro-
ject plan for
November 1999 was
postponed because of
the nesting of the blue
herons.

At this time the blue
herons are nesting under-
neath the ferry dock and in
the trees surrounding the
ferry dock.

The Bowen Island dock is

about 15 years old. The dock
has begun to rot. If the ferry
dock closes now, the people
of Bowen Island will have to
take the water taxi to
Horseshoe Bay.
’ The Bowen Island teach-
ers who live on the mainland
will have to travel on the
water taxi to get to school, at
the school board’s expense.
If the people of Bowen
Island have to travel on the
water taxi, they won’t have
vehicles to get around on the
mainland.

“There will be a complete
. dock shut down for two
days.

Over a period of three to
five days, there will be a six

- hour. shut-down in the mid-
dle of each day: There will
L, also be a weekend of total
™ dock closure and five periods
lasting between three and
five days when work will be
in progress.

During. the weeks of

_.reduced service, the ship will

photo Emma Johnstone

THE Queen of Capilano at Snug Cove: Bowen Island ferry services will be dis-
rupted later this year when the work gets underway to upgrade the ferry dock.
Tne Snug Cove facility is 15 years old and has begun to rot.

sail from 5:45 a.m. until 9:25

am. Service will resume at
3:30 p.m. from Horseshoe
Bay, and continue for the
remainder of the afternoon
and evening.

The actual dock recon-
struction will take about 13
weeks. The contractors will
generally work 10 hour
shifts, five days a week. Night
noise should be at a mini-
mum. Pile driving will not be
done at night. -

During the two day shut-

down in the fall for the final
wing wall installation, there
will be continuous welding
through the night.

Our opinion is the dock
should be closed down so it
doesn’t rot out. Jacob
Scouten’s and Keegan Byers’
opinion is, “it bites because
everybody will be stranded
on the island.”

Gary Johnstone _ says,
“they should close it on
weekends. If they have to
close it on weekdays it

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Peter Ross, the chief engi-
Neer on the
Capilano, believes, “some of
the work is necessary and
some is not. The wing walls
must be replaced.

The only change in the
ferry dock ts they are going
to raise the height of the
towers so loading and dis-
charging will be easier. The
will start sometime in the fall

when the herons have fin-_

ished nesting.”

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