‘Part of island life’: Commuters making the best of Bowen ferry outage

Residents of Bowen Island volition beryllium without ferry work for astatine slightest 1 much day.

BC Ferries confirmed Wednesday that sailings betwixt the land and Horseshoe Bay would beryllium cancelled connected Thursday, pursuing work outages connected Tuesday and Wednesday.

BC Ferries says it had to cancel sailings due to the fact that terrible upwind connected Monday nighttime caused the dock astatine Snug Cove to displacement retired of position, leaving the boarding ramp unsafe to use.

“We person repairs underway astatine the moment, but successful the meantime, we truly privation to support work going for the assemblage of Bowen Island, truthful we person h2o taxis successful place,” BC Ferries spokesperson Shiryn Sayani said.

“We person 5 vessels moving during highest times connected that route.”

The institution has deployed crews to hole the dock, who are moving arsenic accelerated arsenic they can, Sayani said.

Water taxi passengers Global News spoke with were taking the outage successful stride.

“It’s portion of land life, to beryllium honest,” said Carolyn Peters, who has lived connected Bowen for astir 3 decades.

“That’s what you person to recognize erstwhile you determination to the island.”‘

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Heidi Mather said the ferry outage volition impact her plans connected the mainland by leaving her without a vehicle, but that determination wasn’t overmuch she could bash astir it.

“I’m not upset with BC Ferries if it was a windstorm, you know, it’s retired of their hands,” she said.

“And the unit look to beryllium doing a large occupation moving determination astatine the moment. It’s dreadful conditions for them to beryllium moving in, truthful I admit that.”

Sayani said BC Ferries is moving 1 38-passenger and 4 12-passenger h2o taxis during highest periods, and a brace of 12-passenger boats during off-peak hours.

The institution is besides offering a escaped Horseshoe Bay parking walk for passengers destined for Bowen Island.