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Post by Barnacle on Dec 5, 2008 21:40:34 GMT -8
If they are looking to cut service, I will re-iterate what I have been saying all along: CUT Sidney, permanently! I don't know what kind of savings that would produce, but it would eliminate those landing fees at Sidney, SOLAS certification, US Customs, and it would provide more vessel flexibility having Chelan back in the mainline fleet. It would also simplify the Anacortes Terminal project, not having to accommodate Customs. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see this happen. It would certainly be easier than trying to continually upgrade the boats to meet new SOLAS requirements. The Chelan is only "out of the mainline fleet" for four hours a day, though. They do in fact haul domestic traffic on the sailings as well. You start running into logistical problems with 40-hour work weeks for the crews and terminal staff. And before you say 'no big deal' to that, I'll bet you don't want your hours cut either. From what I recall, the weekend schedule doesn't meet the weekday commuter needs, with the first (6:00 AM) sailing out of Friday Harbor on the weekends not making to the mainland until 8:45 AM or so. And on Saturday morning, said first sailing doesn't even take auto traffic off San Juan. Don't forget that Monday through Thursday, the 4-engine Yakima is tied up after eight hours' service; on Fri/Sat/Sun, the fuel hog runs a full 16 hours. I daresay that goes a long way toward making up the operating cost of the interisland boat. Just an example. Unfortunately the economic situation at WSF has been catastrophic since the voters of Washington State decided to save themselves a couple of bucks a year by voting in I-695 nine years ago. And the bill for the damage done is coming due at a time when there's very little that can be done. What the rest of the region is just now starting to feel, we've been feeling for almost a decade.
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Post by Barnacle on Dec 5, 2008 21:42:07 GMT -8
I have wondered through all of of this if the Port Townsend/Whidbey Island people who so vehemently opposed relocating the Terminal at Keystone so any of the Evergreen/Issaquah class boats could be assigned to the route are having any hindsight issues. One of their main points was that they did not want that many cars being put on to their streets. I bet having any cars on their streets might seem nice in a fews weeks. Greetings, InWashington! Good to see you back again. ;D The old joke us deck apes tell about Bainbridge Islanders is increasingly true about the residents of Whidbey Island and Port Townsend: "I dunno why they need ferry service anyway... to hear them tell it, they can all walk on water." ;D ;D
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Post by SS Shasta on Dec 6, 2008 16:41:27 GMT -8
Won't the cost savings on fuel be significant? Seems like these savings, if they continue, should total a significant amount of change???
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Post by Kahloke on Dec 6, 2008 19:01:26 GMT -8
The Chelan is only "out of the mainline fleet" for four hours a day, though. They do in fact haul domestic traffic on the sailings as well. True enough, except for the summer, when the only domestic run is the 9:00pm sailing from Anacortes to Lopez, Shaw, and Orcas. Can you imagine what a 5-vessel summer schedule would look like without having to do Sidney? That would be killer! Maybe they could divide up the island routes like a previous long-range plan had proposed - ie. dedicated boat for Lopez, dedicated boat for Shaw & Orcas, and a dedicated boat for Friday Harbor, plus the inter-island ferry, of course. You start running into logistical problems with 40-hour work weeks for the crews and terminal staff. And before you say 'no big deal' to that, I'll bet you don't want your hours cut either. That's a good point - hadn't thought of how the shifts get allocated. And, no, I don't believe it's "no big deal" to start cutting back work hours. Having seen a lot of my friends get laid off this year, and knowing my turn can come any day now, that's not something I take lightly. From what I recall, the weekend schedule doesn't meet the weekday commuter needs, with the first (6:00 AM) sailing out of Friday Harbor on the weekends not making to the mainland until 8:45 AM or so. And on Saturday morning, said first sailing doesn't even take auto traffic off San Juan. Don't forget that Monday through Thursday, the 4-engine Yakima is tied up after eight hours' service; on Fri/Sat/Sun, the fuel hog runs a full 16 hours. I daresay that goes a long way toward making up the operating cost of the interisland boat. Just an example. Ah - thanks for filling me in on how that works. It was just something I was wondering about, not being entirely sure of the logistics and all. Unfortunately the economic situation at WSF has been catastrophic since the voters of Washington State decided to save themselves a couple of bucks a year by voting in I-695 nine years ago. And the bill for the damage done is coming due at a time when there's very little that can be done. What the rest of the region is just now starting to feel, we've been feeling for almost a decade. This is certainly true. I just wonder how much worse things can get. With the long-range plans and newbuild program in recent years, it appeared WSF had a plan to start crawling out of that hole that I-695 left, even if many of the planned projects were not funded yet, but now with the state's budget in critical condition, it seems like relief will be pushed further and further out.
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Post by Barnacle on Dec 6, 2008 20:20:07 GMT -8
The Chelan is only "out of the mainline fleet" for four hours a day, though. They do in fact haul domestic traffic on the sailings as well. True enough, except for the summer, when the only domestic run is the 9:00pm sailing from Anacortes to Lopez, Shaw, and Orcas. Can you imagine what a 5-vessel summer schedule would look like without having to do Sidney? That would be killer! Maybe they could divide up the island routes like a previous long-range plan had proposed - ie. dedicated boat for Lopez, dedicated boat for Shaw & Orcas, and a dedicated boat for Friday Harbor, plus the inter-island ferry, of course. Except that with the Sidney run gone, the fifth boat wouldn't be in the San Juans at all because the San Juans essentially only have four boats worth of service in the summer save for the Chelan's one domestic trip. (The Sidney boat takes no domestic traffic in the summer--no cars, no footers, nothing.) A simple shuffle of the schedule to go back to having one 'all-night boat' every night instead of just the weekends would absorb the traffic on that 2100 sailing. (It usually isn't that busy anyway.) Five boats worth of domestic service in the San Juans won't ever happen unless they are all 100-car boats and that won't happen.
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Post by Barnacle on Dec 6, 2008 20:21:46 GMT -8
Won't the cost savings on fuel be significant? Seems like these savings, if they continue, should total a significant amount of change??? Except the budget we're currently working on was created two years ago, when fuel wasn't nearly as high as it's been for... oh, a year and a half. And don't discount the fact that diesel hasn't come down yet.
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Post by EGfleet on Dec 6, 2008 20:36:53 GMT -8
Won't the cost savings on fuel be significant? Seems like these savings, if they continue, should total a significant amount of change??? Except the budget we're currently working on was created two years ago, when fuel wasn't nearly as high as it's been for... oh, a year and a half. And don't discount the fact that diesel hasn't come down yet.And don't forget dear old OPEC, which at last report is talking about cutting production by 2 million barrels a day to drive up the price of oil. tinyurl.com/5n8mtw
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Post by Kahloke on Dec 6, 2008 22:15:33 GMT -8
Except that with the Sidney run gone, the fifth boat wouldn't be in the San Juans at all because the San Juans essentially only have four boats worth of service in the summer save for the Chelan's one domestic trip. (The Sidney boat takes no domestic traffic in the summer--no cars, no footers, nothing.) A simple shuffle of the schedule to go back to having one 'all-night boat' every night instead of just the weekends would absorb the traffic on that 2100 sailing. (It usually isn't that busy anyway.) Five boats worth of domestic service in the San Juans won't ever happen unless they are all 100-car boats and that won't happen. I guess I was getting ahead of myself there, and projecting for the future. I read WSF's Long Range Report that came out awhile back (a couple of years ago now?), and in it they were projecting 6-boat service in the summer by 2016 (that assumed the continuation of the Sidney run), with the Anacortes-to-islands route broken up into 3 separate routes: Anacortes-Lopez, Anacortes-Shaw-Orcas, and Anacortes-Friday Harbor. Lopez would get one vessel, 3 vessels would rotate between the Anacortes-Shaw-Orcas route, and the Anacortes-FH route, one would be dedicated to Sidney, as it is now, and one would be dedicated to inter-island, also like it is now. I guess what I meant in my post above, is that you could accomplish such a schedule with 5 boats if the Sidney run did not exist. Of course, you are quite correct in that such a route structure could not work without additional vessels, even with the elimination of Sidney, but I assume WSF was planning for several additional vessels by 2016 in their long range plan. Things being what they are, I suppose the long-range plan is quite different now than what was published 2 years ago, and it will undoubtedly continue to change with the economy and circumstances of the time.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Jan 23, 2009 8:22:15 GMT -8
From a service bulletin...
"Passenger-only service on the Mystic Sea has been extended through mid-February because of added work needed on the Steilacoom II. We will be taking vehicle reservations for sailings beginning February 15, and we will notify customers immediately if the status changes."
I wonder what the "added work" is.
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Post by EGfleet on Jan 23, 2009 8:44:04 GMT -8
From a service bulletin... "Passenger-only service on the Mystic Sea has been extended through mid-February because of added work needed on the Steilacoom II. We will be taking vehicle reservations for sailings beginning February 15, and we will notify customers immediately if the status changes." I wonder what the "added work" is. Passenger-only ferry on Port Townsend-Keystone route extended through Feb. 14 Passenger-only service on the Port Townsend-Keystone route has been extended through mid-February because of added work needed on the vehicle ferry Steilacoom II - a two-week extension of the original plan. The Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division (WSF) announced Jan. 22 that it would begin taking vehicle reservations for the route starting Sunday, Feb. 15. "While not good news we should bear in mind that 95 percent of the USA is right down [Highway] 101 south," said Rod Davis, Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce director. "Ferry service is important but staying open is the best solution," he noted, adding, "We are open and easily accessible." The Steilacoom II, leased for regular service from Pierce County, is in drydock for routine maintenance and its U.S. Coast Guard required annual inspection. Todd Pacific Shipyards repair crews recently discovered that additional work is needed on the vessel, which will extend its drydock period. The Steilacoom II went into drydock the first week of January, and WSF and Pierce County expected the vessel to be out of service for about four weeks. However, it is not uncommon to find additional maintenance or repair needs when a vessel goes in for a routine drydocking, the WSF reported. Additional work on the Steilacoom II includes keel cooler replacement, and work on the propeller shafts and gear box. Shipyard crews are working hard to return the ferry to service as soon as possible. That date is now set as Sunday, Feb. 15.WSF will extend its contract with Mystic Sea Charters of Anacortes, which has been providing passenger-only service since Jan. 5 on the 77-passenger Mystic Sea. The temporary passenger-only schedule will continue while the Mystic Sea is serving the route. WSF designed the schedule to coordinate as closely as possible with transit service on both sides of the route. Customers can receive updates on Port Townsend/Keystone service, as well as other routes, by signing up for free email alerts. To sign up, and for more ferry system information, please visit the WSDOT Ferries Division Web site at www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/. ***** There you go.
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Post by Kahloke on Feb 11, 2009 19:11:48 GMT -8
Steilacoom II was docked in Slip 2 at the Bainbridge ferry terminal tonight when we pulled in on MV Tacoma at 6:00. I assume they were getting her ready to head back north tonight, as she resumes service at PT-KEY tomorrow.
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Post by FNS on Feb 11, 2009 21:02:27 GMT -8
Steilacoom II was docked in Slip 2 at the Bainbridge ferry terminal tonight when we pulled in on MV Tacoma at 6:00. I assume they were getting her ready to head back north tonight, as she resumes service at PT-KEY tomorrow. As of the time of this posting, the STEILACOOM II was abeam Mutiny Bay, Whidbey Island, heading north as per one of our favorite trackers. After the last sailing of the MYSTIC SEA from Keystone tonight, a tug will have to remove the foot passenger boarding barge away from the dock before the ST2 can land there again.
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Post by FNS on Feb 12, 2009 0:57:58 GMT -8
The changing of the vessels is complete. Soon after the MYSTIC SEA departed Keystone for her last time, a tug named ISLAND STORM moved in and fetched the makeshift berth. Soon after that, she went to Port Townsend to fetch the one there. All the props for the MYSTIC SEA's passenger only service act are now gone and the ISLAND STORM has disappeared around Fort Flagler State Park and heading south.
Welcome back to Port Townsend, MV STEILACOOM II, and vehicle service to Keystone.
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Post by Barnacle on Feb 12, 2009 15:44:03 GMT -8
Much to the relief of the regular passengers and crew.
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Post by BreannaF on Feb 15, 2009 23:22:31 GMT -8
I'm guessing that if there really were a viable plan to somehow refit the Klahowya and Tillikum so they would fit into Keystone harbor, that we would have heard it from someone by now. Or not. It is interesting, though, that we are hearing it here for the first time. Unless I missed that meeting... ;D From Saturday's Kitsap Sun: Plan C: Citizens' Group Puts Emphasis on Bigger FerriesBy Ed Friedrich Saturday, February 14, 2009 BREMERTON — The Citizens Write Plan C group says to forget about small ferries and get right to work building larger ones. That can be accomplished, members claim, by retrofitting existing Evergreen Class vessels to operate on the Port Townsend-Keystone route. Ferry workers and designers among the group believe the rudder and steering systems on the 87-car, 981-passenger Klahowya and Tillikum can be changed out for $8 million to $10 million in as little as six months to enable them to operate in tricky Keystone Harbor, said Plan C participant Adam Brockus, a Bremerton city councilman. The third boat in the class, the Evergreen State, needs to be retired. Four 80-year-old Steel Electric ferries were the only ones in the state fleet that could navigate Keystone Harbor, and they were abruptly retired in November 2007 because of hull rust. Since then, the state has been leasing the Steilacoom II from Pierce County for the route and has contracted with Todd Shipyards to build a $65.5 million, 64-car ferry based on the Island Home used at Martha's Vineyard on the East Coast to take over. That should be the only small ferry built, says the Plan C group, which wants to start construction of a 144-car ferry this biennium, at least one in the next two-year period, and at least three by 2016, Brockus said. They could be used on any route except Port Townsend-Keystone. The Klahowya and Tillikum are assigned to the Southworth-Vashon Island-Fauntleroy route. They were built in the late 1950s and renovated in the mid-1990s. Brockus wasn't sure how that route would be affected by the group's plan. The Plan C group was formed at the behest of Rep. Larry Seaquist, D-Gig Harbor, after Washington State Ferries came out with two long-range plan options, A and B, in mid-January. Under Plan A, the state would build 10 new boats to replace retiring ones, slightly increasing capacity. But that would cost $3 billion more than is available over the next 22 years. Plan B, which parallels the governor's proposed ferry budget, would cut one of Bremerton's two boats and one of Southworth's three boats, but leave the state only $1 billion in the red. Seaquist believes the state should be adding service, not cutting it. During a Saturday meeting at the Norm Dicks Government Center, team leaders summarized their proposals. Seaquist said he will work them into a core plan to present Tuesday to a bipartisan group of lawmakers from ferry communities. The Plan C group also proposed that: Fares should cover 70 percent of operating costs, not the 80 to 100 percent as suggested by the Legislature. A fuel surcharge is OK, as long as the policy is spelled out beforehand. There should be more marketing toward tourists. There should be regular meetings between the ferry system and employers of more than 1,000 workers, with discussions about how to shift workers to off-peak hours. There should be a minimum level of service established for each route. "I was impressed," Seaquist said Saturday. "They've done a lot of serious homework. Today was to see what the high points were and to get everybody's agreement. I was really impressed with the good thinking. "They're not trying to invent an imaginary system we can't afford. They're trying to make it affordable."
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Post by Kahloke on Feb 16, 2009 7:08:29 GMT -8
BREMERTON — The Citizens Write Plan C group says to forget about small ferries and get right to work building larger ones. That can be accomplished, members claim, by retrofitting existing Evergreen Class vessels to operate on the Port Townsend-Keystone route. Ferry workers and designers among the group believe the rudder and steering systems on the 87-car, 981-passenger Klahowya and Tillikum can be changed out for $8 million to $10 million in as little as six months to enable them to operate in tricky Keystone Harbor, said Plan C participant Adam Brockus, a Bremerton city councilman. The Evergreens have a draft of 15'-6". The SE's had a draft of 12'-9". I'm not sure what the Steilacoom II's draft is. If they could easily retrofit the Evergreens to go into Keystone Harbor, don't you think they would have already done so? The simplest solution, of course, is to dredge Keystone Harbor, but we've already staggered down that road.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Feb 16, 2009 10:26:11 GMT -8
The Evergreens have a draft of 15'-6". The SE's had a draft of 12'-9". I'm not sure what the Steilacoom II's draft is. I think it's about the same or slightly less than the steel-electrics.
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Post by EGfleet on Feb 16, 2009 13:26:35 GMT -8
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Post by Barnacle on Feb 16, 2009 15:14:56 GMT -8
I shall try to remember to look at the mighty Evergreen when I next see her, bearing in mind she'll be empty.
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Post by Kahloke on Feb 16, 2009 16:10:22 GMT -8
I got a few good close-up shots of Evergreen when I went to Friday Harbor last month. I don't know if this is the type of information you are looking for, but have a look: www.pbase.com/bswanplsbo/image/108338508
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Post by hergfest on Feb 16, 2009 21:58:15 GMT -8
14' empty. Not going to happen.
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Post by EGfleet on Feb 17, 2009 9:02:44 GMT -8
14' empty. Not going to happen. Somewhere way back when all this started one of the papers reported that the Evergreen could get into Keystone now, but only at high tide. (I think it was the Port Townsend Leder) It was the reason that it wasn't considered a viable option.
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Post by Barnacle on Feb 17, 2009 9:04:47 GMT -8
14'3", actually, but who's nit-picking? ;D The numerals, by convention, are six inches high. The very bottom edge of the "14" is where 14 feet of draft is.
Point being, all the mods to the rudders and propellers in the world are not going to change that unless you remove them entirely and don't replace them.
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Post by EGfleet on Feb 22, 2009 13:50:21 GMT -8
New Port Townsend ferry at digital design phase By Jeff Chew Peninsula Daily News
PORT TOWNSEND ¬-- Todd Pacific Shipyards, Washington State Ferries and their design firms are six weeks into producing an electronic mock-up of the Port Townsend-Keystone route's future 64-car ferry, which will be built by three shipyards, executives overseeing the project said Friday.
David Moseley, state deputy transportation secretary for ferries, and Steve Welch, Todd Pacific Shipyards chief executive officer, said work is now focused on developing a functional design.
Details will be added later for actual steel-on-the-ground production.
Welch said he was not ready to discuss when construction would begin on the $65.5 million, 750-passenger ferry but that the state has set a June 2010 deadline for launch of the vessel.
He said that, because of the 18-month fast-track deadline, his shipyard based on Harbor Island in Seattle will share work on the ferry.
"In this particular case, engineering is complicated," Welch said. "We have to build it in several locations."
He said that the construction arrangement was necessary to meet the 18-month deadline required by Gov. Chris Gregoire.
Todd Shipyards will build the hull, he said, while Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, based at Freeland on Whidbey Island, will work on the vessel's superstructure.
Everett Shipyard will build the vessel layer in between -- which is from the car deck up to, and including, the passenger compartment.
Design
For now, Welch said, the focus is on the design.
Guido Perla & Associates is representing Todd Shipyards as its ferry designer, while Elliott Bay Design Group of Seattle is representing the state ferries system in refining plans for the ferry.
Elliott Bay Design Group designed Massachusetts' Island Home ferry, and the design of the future Port Townsend-Keystone ferry is roughly based on that ferry.
"You're just talking about hundreds of details, and a lot of consequences if we don't get right details," Welch said.
Steilacoom II lease
In a telephone interview Friday, Moseley said he believes an agreement can be reached with the Pierce County, owners of the 50-car Steilacoom II ferry, which will extend the state's lease of the vessel past August and for the duration of the 64-car ferry's construction.
"I think that Pierce County understands the situation we're in and they've been very accommodating to date," Moseley said.
"I think they have been helpful and I think they will continue to be very helpful."
Pierce County officials contacted last week said they were feeling the absence of the Steilacoom II, which normally backs up sister vessel Christine Anderson on the county's Steilacoom-Anderson Island-Ketron Island run, but that they were willing to sit down with the state to work out an agreement.
"We've experienced a serious amount of maintenance costs on the Christine Anderson, but based on what the state's situation we would be willing to consider extending the lease," said Mike Esher, Pierce County airport and ferries administrator.
"The formal response is that there is no predetermined decision of 'No, we're not going to renew the lease.'"
The Steilacoom II joined Pierce County's fleet in January 2007 and that county recently dry-docked the vessel at Todd Shipyards for Coast Guard-required annual maintenance.
The vessel returned to the Port Townsend-Keystone route on Feb. 12 after five weeks in dry dock, and the state contracted an Anacortes passenger-ferry service to serve the route during that time.
Other issues Moseley discussed Friday:
Hood Canal Bridge
• A Port Townsend-Edmond commercial freight truck ferry round trip is locked-in for the six-week closure of the Hood Canal Bridge that will begin on May 1.
The bridge will be closed so that its east side can be replaced.
An estimated 1,700 trucks cross the state Highway 104 Hood Canal Bridge daily, and the ferry service will serve only six 82-foot rigs and up to 86 passenger vehicles each way a night.
No other runs are possible, Moseley said, "because we don't have the boats."
Moseley admitted that such mitigation was not enough, but said that it was all the state could do during the closure.
Most traffic, he said, will drive around Hood Canal, using U.S. Highway 101 through Quilcene and Brinnon during closure of up to six weeks, which will replace the bridges east half.
The Issaquah-class ferry will depart Port Townsend at 10:40 p.m. nightly for a 90-minute crossing to Edmonds, where trucks and cars will be picked up and returned to Port Townsend.
• No other passenger ferry service between Port Townsend and Seattle is planned during the bridge closure, as was the case in late 2007 when Moseley's boss, Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond, pulled the Steel Electric ferries from the Port Townsend Keystone route after the 80-year-old vessels were declared unsafe with pitted and corroded hulls.
Advisory boards
• Reacting to Gov. Chris Gregoire's proposal to cut 149 separate boards and citizen advisory committees to save state money, Moseley said that ferry advisory committees, including the one in Jefferson County, would not disappear but would take on another form that includes government agencies with elected officials.
"We are to continue having communications with all elected officials, business communities and travelers," he said.
Moseley said his next trip to the North Olympic Peninsula will be at noon March 9 when he speaks to the Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Fort Worden State Park Commons.
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Post by EGfleet on Mar 21, 2009 8:25:26 GMT -8
Citizens’ ferry idea shot down By NATHAN WHALEN Whidbey News Times Reporter Mar 20 2009, 1:36 PM · UPDATED
Authorities are saying a citizens’ plan to help improve ferry service on the Port Townsend to Keystone route won’t work.
The group, “Citizens Write Plan C,” came up with the idea of modifying two Evergreen State ferries for use on the Whidbey route across Admiralty Inlet. The ferries, the Klahowya and the Tillicum, (sic) would be equipped with high-performance rudders and steering gear the proponents argue would make the vessels able to navigate the difficult entry into Keystone Harbor.
Marta Coursey, spokesperson for Washington State Ferries, said the two Evergreen State class vessels, which hold 87 vehicles and are approximately 50-years-old, wouldn’t be able to navigate through Keystone Harbor even with the changes.
“They don’t have the power to maneuver,” Coursey said, adding in a Thursday interview that officials hadn’t seen a copy of the citizens’ Plan C.
The ferry system examined the possibility of modifying the Evergreen State vessels in 2007. That study found that the vessels were underpowered and it would be too expensive to change power plants. Coursey didn’t have a dollar amount on the cost needed to update the boats.
Service on the Keystone ferry route has been limited since November of 2007, when officials retired the ancient Steel Electrics, which were the only four vessels in the ferry fleet capable of navigating the swift currents of Admiralty Inlet and the shallow Keystone Harbor. Currently the route is being served by the Pierce County-owned Steilacoom II. The Island Home, the permanent replacement for the route, isn’t scheduled to enter service until summer 2010.
The Citizen’s Group, based on the Kitsap Peninsula, argues that using the Klahowya and the Tillicum (sic) would mean a second Island Home wouldn’t have to be built and the money could be used to build larger ferries.
“Under their plan, they do not take care of Whidbey Island,” said State Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, who is chair of the Senate Transportation Committee. “We don’t want any more old boats on Whidbey Island.”
Haugen reviewed the documents the group provided and she had one question about Citizen’s Plan C: “How would you pay for it?”
“It’s one thing to put up plans. It’s another thing to pay for them,” Haugen said.
The citizen group formed after a public outcry surrounding drafts of Washington State Ferries’ long-range plan. The system’s plan offered two options, one which basically maintains current service but had a significant budget shortfall, and another which made major cutbacks.
Citizens’ Plan C, which was presented to the state House and Senate Thursday, advocates a focus on building ferries rather than terminals, capping ferry fares and directing marketing toward tourists.
Haugen said the Senate is scheduled to present its draft budget Tuesday.
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