Large Load Trucks Prohibited During Low Tides

Public Works just posted a new schedule for when large trucks (over 40,000 GVW) will be prohibited from using the ferry, due to “less than zero” tide conditions.  This is to reduce damage to the docks. Please read this table — there are a lot of hours during many days in April-August where high-weight trucks [...]

Photo-essay on Whatcom Chief & Crew

Excellent interviews and photos in this photo-essay about the Whatcom Chief and crew, by Keenan Royal (thanks to Mike McKenzie for the link). Our crew provide excellent and essential service on the Whatcom County ferry system.  They work hard, are considerate (even under some rather trying circumstances) and sure know how to pack in the [...]

PLIC Update: Meeting/Parking/Willows

Greetings, Islanders and Friends of Lummi Island, This is long, but hang in there for items on: 1. Community meeting 2. Gooseberry Point parking situation (parking is NOT being eliminated; paid parking is) 3. Meetings with County representatives, and input from Public Works 4. Board vacancy, and article about The Willows Inn that has ferry [...]

Lummi Island Businessman Riley Starks on Possible Ferry Dock closure

Here’s a story from the Seattle Weekly describing how Lummi Island’s business owner Riley Starks of the Willows Inn is facing the threatened blockade of the ferry in April. Sounds like Riley is doing what any good business owner would do — hope for the best but plan for the worst. It would be great [...]

Sample PLIC Letters for Island Supporters

Note: PLIC submitted this information to the ferry forum and it was posted on February 20, 2010.  (Wynne) ************** The following letter samples were requested by Islanders who want to contact, or have contacted, Whatcom County business owners to write letters to support PLIC efforts in relation to the ferry.  PLIC realizes there were people [...]

Alan R.’s take on Fairhaven

Wynne’s note:    I asked Alan Rosen if he’d allow me to post his response to Kan Mann’s question about whether a Fairhaven passenger vessel might be a keystone of future Lummi Island ferry service. Alan graciously said ok, so I’ve copied his comments below. Thanks, Alan. Hope others in the business community will add [...]

All Quiet on the Western Front

From Russ Thompson: All Quiet on the Western Front, (until Midnight, February 13th, at least). There has been an unusual silence surrounding the ferry issue between communities. There is the county as a whole, with its disparate enclave communities like Point Roberts, the Mount Baker area, and Lummi Island. There is the Lummi Nation. There [...]

Back to the Future

From Randy Smith: We may retain a ferry dock at Gooseberry. We may not. The specter of change that has shaken so many on the island could turn out to be a blessing if we use this as an opportunity to ask the right questions about the future. Losing every-thirty-minute ferry service may be the [...]

Local Merchant Talking Points

PLIC (Protect Lummi Island Committee) developed this letter that islanders can use to ask for support from mainland business for keeping the dock at Gooseberry Point.    Wynne —————————————————————————————————————— This is a call for help from local merchants who may have concerns about the impact of a change of docking location, fees, and scheduling. Take this [...]

Stella and Randall B’s Story

To Whom It May Concern: This letter is to express out concern over the potential loss of the ferry terminal lease at Gooseberry Point. If the ferry access to the mainland is disrupted, it could have significant negative impact on my wife and I. I would like to explain. Emergencies In the five years that [...]