FAC Info
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 11:05AM A couple of items of interest and a reminder from your local Ferry Advisory Committee.
Beginning June 1st 2019, BC Ferries will be implementing a 1.5% fuel surcharge.
The BC Ferry Commissioner Sheldon Stoilen has released his preliminary price cap decision for Performance Term (PT) 5 (April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2024). https://www.bcferrycommission.ca/reports-press/whats-new/ His determination is that fares will need to rise by 2.3% annually, through PT-5. The public has until June 30th to submit comments to the Commissioner. The Province has an opportunity to change the level of service or service fee if it would like to mitigate the price cap increases starting in 2020. The Commissioner will determine the final price cap for PT5 by September 30, 2019.
Finally, a reminder that Dangerous Cargo (DC) is roughly every second Thursday (the next one being June 6th). Sailings affected are the 08:40 from Chemainus for oncoming DC. Departing DC leaves Thetis on the 13:10 sailing, not the 14:40 as it did in years past. The changes to the Dangerous Cargo runs have been driven by the FAC to provide better service to both Islands and to ensure that the mail gets delivered on DC Thursdays.
Any questions, please call...
Keith Rush
FAC Co-Chair Route 20
Ph:250-416-0013
Cell: 250-732-2766
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