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Post by kevins on Feb 2, 2010 22:13:06 GMT -8
if you need to send large file try www.yousendit.com/ they allow 100 meg files for free. I might be able to convert the file(s) for you. Let me know what is required. Kevin
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Post by Dane on Aug 16, 2010 11:11:31 GMT -8
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Neil
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Post by Neil on May 16, 2019 17:03:39 GMT -8
From a Vancouver Sun article by John Mackie, Dec 1, 2018...
The very first sailing on the Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay route was June 15th, 1960, by the Tsawwassen. 26 cars, a bus with 22 passengers, and 13 foot passengers.
Mackie states, and I don't know if this is verified, that "the province had looked into building the mainland ferry terminal at White Rock or Steveston, which would have been cheaper. But a panel concluded that building in Tsawwassen would save the ferries $300,000 per year in operating costs, so it got the terminal."
Mind boggling to think that at the time, the causeway and terminal together cost around $6 million, or around $54 million in today's dollars... less than the project cost for the little Northern Sea Wolf.
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Nick
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Post by Nick on May 16, 2019 21:14:21 GMT -8
From a Vancouver Sun article by John Mackie, Dec 1, 2018... The very first sailing on the Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay route was June 15th, 1960, by the Tsawwassen. 26 cars, a bus with 22 passengers, and 13 foot passengers. Mackie states, and I don't know if this is verified, that "the province had looked into building the mainland ferry terminal at White Rock or Steveston, which would have been cheaper. But a panel concluded that building in Tsawwassen would save the ferries $300,000 per year in operating costs, so it got the terminal." Mind boggling to think that at the time, the causeway and terminal together cost around $6 million, or around $54 million in today's dollars... less than the project cost for the little Northern Sea Wolf. Yep. And there were no environmental assessments, no First Nations or community consultation etc. WorkSafeBC was an afterthought at best. Hours and days of work were crazy by today's standard.
Things are stupid expensive now, in comparison to the 1960s. I'd guess that most of that cost is the increased standard of work, both for the workers involved and for the environment.
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