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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,459 posts) Sun Jan 6, 2019, 06:20 PM Jan 2019

Wanted: 16 new ferries in the next 20 years

MUKILTEO — The water workhorses are aging.

More than half in the fleet of 23 Washington State ferries will be put out to pasture by 2040.

The agency has a long-term plan that calls for 16 new ferries in the next 20 years. These include 13 to replace vessels slated for retirement and three backup boats.

The plan includes recommendations for eventually turning the fleet green, with electric-fuel hybrids to reduce fuel use, emissions, noise and maintenance costs.

The agency submitted its plans to the Legislature on Thursday.

“There are no ferries right now in the pipeline,” Ferries spokesman Ian Sterling said. “Going to Olympia, we think there’s a way to start building boats again. It takes a couple years. They cost money, and you’ve got to fund them.”

A new vessel costs in the range of $140 million to $160 million, he said.

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I hope Timmeh's latest misadventure doesn't fuck with this.

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Wanted: 16 new ferries in the next 20 years (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 OP

I am so glad the idea of a bridge to Whidbey was shot down dixiegrrrrl Jan 2019 #1

I think most people don't realize how precarious things are at WSF. yewberry Jan 2019 #2

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

1. I am so glad the idea of a bridge to Whidbey was shot down

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jan 7, 2019, 01:42 AM

Jan 2019

been riding the ferries since 1950 up there, at various times, mostly Mulkiteo-Whidbey, for years.
Cannot imagine Washington without the ferries.
Probably would be shocked at he cost nowdays.

yewberry

(6,530 posts)

2. I think most people don't realize how precarious things are at WSF.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2019, 04:31 PM

Jan 2019

The funding hasn't been there for maintenance, the time needed for maintenance hasn't been there, and so now the vessels are at risk. Salish is out and needs maintenance. Issaquah is out (and has been for many months). All of the Olympics have to be out fixing design/build errors. Tillikum is 60 years old. There is no standby boat.

They need new vessels and they need them soon.

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