Vehicle reservations will be required on B.C. Ferries from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo starting this fall

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The ferry relation said "major" operation volition statesman astatine Horseshoe Bay this year, and conveyance abstraction successful the terminal volition beryllium reduced by 25 per cent. It said wide conveyance abstraction volition beryllium "below existent levels" for "several years."

Bookings required owed to 'major' operation opening astatine Horseshoe Bay; ft passengers not affected

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· Posted: May 02, 2025 1:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Cars hold   successful  enactment     astatine  the Horseshoe Bay terminal

Construction astatine Horseshoe Bay comes aft respective years of cancelled sailings and agelong waits astatine ferry terminals connected B.C.'s coast. (Denis Dossmann/CBC)

Anyone taking a conveyance connected B.C. Ferries from the Lower Mainland's Horseshoe Bay terminal to Nanaimo volition request to marque a preservation starting this fall, according to the ferry operator.

It said "major" operation volition statesman astatine Horseshoe Bay this year, and conveyance abstraction successful the terminal volition beryllium reduced by 25 per cent. It said wide conveyance abstraction volition beryllium "below existent levels" for "several years."

The terminal is astir 65 years old, B.C. Ferries said successful February. Work connected the terminal volition see upgrading oregon replacing 3 berths, relocating the power operation and upgrading elevated structures.

The outgo of the task is estimated successful the "hundreds of millions" of dollars, B.C. Ferries said. 

B.C. Ferries has travel nether occurrence successful caller years for agelong waits and cancelled sailings, amid aging infrastructure and vessels.

"The request for alteration is clear," B.C. Ferries said successful a quality release. "Over the Easter agelong weekend, the limitations of the Horseshoe Bay terminal were evident, with precocious postulation volumes and congestion putting unit connected section communities, police, and roadworthy and lawsuit safety, contributing to a antagonistic lawsuit acquisition for passengers trying to question done this terminal to their last destination."

While conveyance reservations volition beryllium required for travellers sailing from Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay, this volition not beryllium the lawsuit for those going the other directions, though bookings are recommended. The preservation request besides volition not impact ft passengers.

In an effort to negociate request for sailings to Nanaimo, B.C. Ferries is adding a sailing from Tsawwassen to Departure Bay. In the past, passengers going from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo went to Duke Point, southbound of Departure Bay and farther from the city's centre. That sailing, astatine 4:30 p.m. PT daily, will commencement moving connected June 19.

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