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No ferry queues with new terminal

o by Valorie Lennox
The Review

Terminal renovations and new
ferries should end line-ups on the
Pat Bay Highway by 1993, B.C
Ferries Corporation president
Frank Rhodes told North Saanich
council’s transportation commit-
tee and about 40 residents Monday
might,

A model of the terminal upgrade
and Lands End-Curteis Point Road
interchange will be displayed at
municipal hall until April 3.

Rhodes said the Swartz Bay

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terminal will be re-designed and
the tower and entrance gates
moved to create 1,200 spaces in
the terminal, compared to the pre-
sent 500.

Greater carrying capacity on
new ferries will also keep the
highway outside the ferry terminal
clear of waiting traffic, Rhodes
predicted.

“We won't have the kinds of
lines we now have,” he said. In
unusual circumstances, such as a
sunny long weekend, there may
still be some queues outside the
terminal but Rhodes said projec-

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tions show the new design and
new ferries should handle the
demand:

He concedes redevelopment of
the terminal will have some
impact on nearby residents but
said the ferry corporation is doing
everything possible to reduce the
impact.

The parking area will be moved
to the west side but will be
screened by landscaping and
placed at a lower elevation to
minimize noise. A moving walk-
way will link the parking area to

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