Gabriola Islanders will want to double-check how they will be commuting to Vancouver Island and back starting next week, as BC Ferries starts night work on both terminals.
Deborah Marshall, Executive Director of Public Affairs for BC Ferries said commuters can expect water taxi-only service on certain late-night and early morning sailings starting January 15th to January 19th. This will allow for overnight geotechnical work on the marine structure at the Descanso Bay terminal on Gabriola Island and the Nanaimo Harbour terminal.
“We're looking at the marine structures around the terminal. So yes, we do need to do some, some overnight work,” Marshall said. “So that way we don't interrupt the majority of our service while our the majority of customers are going back and forth.”
Marshall said BC Ferries worked on finding times that will have the lowest impact on customers.
“We have carefully chosen the time for the work based on historical traffic and the fewest number of customers travelling just to mitigate the impact on our customers,” Marshall said.
The list of expected sailings to be affected by the overnight work can be found on the BC Ferries website on the service notice page.