New numbers from Bay Ferries Limited shows that the Yarmouth-Portland ferry is still not meeting it’s targeted number of passengers.
The Nova Scotia government set a goal of having 60,000 passengers sail on the ferry this season. With that target in mind, at least 500 passengers need to use the service daily.
Between June 15 and September 11, there was only one date when the ferry service met that goal.
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The newly released figures, made available Tuesday, show August 15-21, there were 544 passengers and 190 automobiles using the service daily, the highest amount recorded by Bay Ferries so far this season.
The following week, August 22-2, there were 162 automobiles and 434 passengers aboard the ship.
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June 15-22 remains the slowest week for the ferry service so far, with only 181 passengers and 78 automobiles using the service daily.
In August, Transportation Minister Geoff McLellan said low passenger numbers wouldn’t mean more money having to be paid out by Nova Scotia tax payers.
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