Hornby trustees seek ferry savings information and schedule improvements

The Local Trust Committee asked its chair to write to BC Ferries and the province about route-specific savings and support for work on ferry schedules.

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The Hornby Island Local Trust Committee asked its chair to write to BC Ferries CEO Mike Corrigan for information on route-specific savings from recent service cutbacks and a commitment to assist the Denman and Hornby Islands Ferry Advisory Committee with schedule improvements. [1]

The committee also asked that the letter be copied to Minister Todd Stone, with a request for provincial cooperation in releasing the information. [1]

The motion, HO-2015-077, was carried at the committee’s October 2 meeting. [1]

The minutes say Trustee Tony Law provided a draft letter for discussion and reported that the request for savings information would support the ferry advisory committee’s continuing discussions about schedule improvements. [1]

Sources

  1. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee Minutes — October 2, 2015
    that the Chair be requested to follow-up on the letter from Minister Todd Stone dated August 12, 2015 by writing to the BC Ferries CEO requesting his support for information and a commitment to assist with Denman and Hornby Islands Ferry Advisory Committee to work on schedule improvements and to copy the letter to Minister Stone requesting the cooperation of his ministry with BC Ferries to release information on route-specific savings achieved through the recent service cutbacks.

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