Editor:
The great George debate having long been settled, the next important community discourse may well become the fixed link versus BC Ferries matter. Win or lose, I look forward to a healthy exchange of considered opinions.
Surprisingly, this new debate already seems to be sinking under the load of a rather trivial ferry utilization argument. Hopefully the bridge, if it is built, will itself be based on more solid footings.
For the record, here are the ferry utilization rates, in percentages, for the last 10 years – 2015-16 through 2007-08 – as published by BC Ferries, for our beloved Route 3: 56.7, 55.2, 54.1, 54.5, 55.3, 56.4, 56.4, 55.9, 57.9, 58.0.
The average over the last 10 years is thus 56.0 per cent. (The average over the last six years is 55.4 per cent.)
If anyone tries to convince you that the utilization rates are other than these, please don’t buy an Anvil Bridge Crossing (or the Brooklyn Bridge) from him. It’s not for sale.
Alan Donenfeld, Gibsons
