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Drivers face lengthy waits for Tsawwassen/Swartz Bay ferry sailings

First sailing with space from Lower Mainland to south Island sails at 3 p.m.
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BC Ferries vessel Coastal Celebration preparing to load at Tsawwassen terminal.

Drivers without a reservation are facing lengthy waits on the mainland as ferry overflows continue into Monday (Feb. 24).

After a busy weekend, the first ferry to Greater Victoria from Tsawwassen with deck space 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ 18 per cent 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ is at 3 p.m., as of 6:30 a.m. 

The same deck space remained on the next ferry with room sailing out of Swartz Bay in North Saanich 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ the 9 a.m. aboard the Coastal Inspiration.

As of 2 p.m. on Sunday (Feb. 23) the ferry service was selling tickets to the 7 p.m. sailing from Tsawwassen with the 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. full and only 11 per cent deck space left on the 7.

By 5 p.m. deck space for the day was at capacity.

 

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