‘Start respecting the Sunshine Coast,’ says Powell River’s mayor, as BC Ferries pulls Queen of Burnaby
Posted January 4, 2016 11:35 am.
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POWELL RIVER (NEWS 1130) – The mayor of Powell River is speaking out after BC Ferries pulled the Queen of Burnaby from service.
There’s a mechanical issue with the propeller and this is the third time in a year the vessel needs repairs. Mayor Dave Formosa is frustrated.
“My message to BC Ferries is to start respecting the Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island, and cities and towns and communities that they service. This is our highway; BC Ferries doesn’t seem to want to accept that,” he tells us.
Formosa says BC Ferries needs to start listening to people who live along the coast.
“They can’t keep putting this on the backs of the people. They can’t. It’s going to stop, at some point. The people just will demand it. How that happens, I don’t know. But it has to come to an end, somehow. They just can’t afford this.”
The Queen of Burnaby should be back in service by the end of the month and a new ferry for the route is being built. That vessel should be in service next year, but Formosa says it holds fewer vehicles than the Queen of Burnaby.
