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Residents asked for input into ferry proposal I SERVICE WOULD link city’s core to Vancouver.
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Gwen Frey slows her pace around Maffeo Sutton Park to tap out a text message as she passes a float plane grounded in Nanaimo Harbour Wednesday morning. The fog that has plagued airports and delayed ferry schedules will be part of Mother Nature’s daily agenda for several days to come.
Council approves dam remediation process BY TAMARA CUNNINGHAM THE NEWS BULLETIN
Finding a way to remediate Nanaimo’s century-old Colliery dams is now in the hands of a new technical committee. Nanaimo city council unanimously agreed to launch a twoyear process to mitigate the risk at the middle and lower Colliery dams, during an open meeting Monday. The multi-phased process is focused on remediation of the dams – an option council originally discounted because of its
$17-$30.7 million price tag. According to city manager Ted Swabey, less expensive options will be considered. It is unknown how much the recently approved planning and mitigation process will cost. The city has spent approximately $850,000 to date and anticipates the first stages of the new strategy to tally between $100,000 and $400,000. The newly formed technical committee will research data and commission studies on the condition of the dams and their hazard rating. They will also be determining the long-range options to reme-
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diate the dams and will potentially develop a plan for short-term structural changes needed to satisfy provincial requirements. The group will be made up of Colliery Dam Park Preservation Society representatives, Snuneymuxw First Nation, city staff, professional engineers and construction specialists. In the new strategy, the city will also create a communications strategy to engage the public and retain sole-source contracts for consultants in dam construction, biology and structural design. ◆ See ‘DAM’ /11
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City officials are calling for taxpayers to weigh in on the need for a proposed foot ferry between Nanaimo and downtown Vancouver after the project’s proponent made plans public Monday. David Marshall, one of the passenger ferry proponents and director of operations for Island Ferries, revealed plans for $63-million passengeronly service during an open committee of the whole meeting. It was the first time the group has made details public. According to the Victoria-based businessman, the pitch is to build a temporary terminal on the south industrial waterfront, where two catamaran ferries would shuttle passengers between Nanaimo and Vancouver in 68 minutes. The ferries, which hold more than 370 passengers, will run a minimum of three round trips a day
and fares would hover at a base-rate of $30. Marshall is confident the venture will be successful in the Harbour City, despite the failings of two predecessors. The consortium behind the project has learned from the mistakes and triumphs of Harbour Lynx, including the need for new ferries and large capital investment, he said. The group hopes to get the service running next spring, but says it is still waiting on final investment and support from the City of Nanaimo to make the business work. It’s seeking a 20-year long-term lease at the Wellcox property, with an option to move to the Seaspan site if the company leaves the water lot to consolidate its operations in Duke Point. It’s also seeking to ink a partnership deal with the City of Nanaimo that would allow the new ferry service a chance to incubate over the next five years. The group will still pay property taxes, but is asking the municipality to take a smaller piece of promised revenue. ◆ See ‘PROJECT’ /4
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