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Conventional ferry begins Feb. 7

Katharine Hamer
News Reporter khameer@nsnews.com

THE PacifiCat ferries, brought into full-time ser-
vice only a week ago at Horseshoe Bay, were back
on probation as of Wednesday.

Since Jan. 4, when the fast ferries replaced conventional vessels on ail but
one weekend sailing, commercial vehicles have been: reaching Nanaimo via the
Tsawwassen-Duke Point route.
del Teuckers quickly complained about increased journey times and long

clays.

Ferries minister Gordon Wilson met with BC Ferries president Bob
Lingwood and CEO Michael Francis earlier this week to discuss the concerns
of trucking and tourism
officials. An evaluation was
then made on the exclusive
use of cats on the
Horseshoe Bay-Departure
Bay run.

On Wednesday,
Lingwood announced the
return of one conventional
vessel to the route begin-
ning Feb. 1.

“The C-class vessel will
remain on this route
through Dec. 31, 2000,”
said Lingwood. “Tour THEY'RE back...BC Ferries is allow-
operators and truckers can ing trucks to travel out of Horseshoe
be assured that their buses Bay only a week after stopping them.
and commercial vehicles
will be accommodated on the Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay route for this
year,”

“ BCsTrucking Association representative Karen Westerby was cautiously

‘ optimisti¢-about the move.

ve viously pleased that the government is finally listening to our

concerns,” she said, “aithough we're not sure if one conventional vessel will

be enough.” . ‘ . :

Westerby said that while numerous discussions had taken place between fo ; ‘ My : . 4
the ferry corporation and her organization, none of those had been within the ; f : j ass areas te ° fof ee g
past week. . NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

A BC Ferries news release put the corporation’s about-face dawn to con- .
cerns of “reliability, customer issues and financial considerations.” Cool ki ds

The PacifiCat vessels have been experiencing technical difticulties since
they entered service last summer, The PacifiCat Explorer -— the first to be

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