Vancouver politicians push for electric passenger ferry to Gibsons, Bowen Island

A Vancouver city councillor and two park board commissioners announced plans Friday to potentially have an electric passenger ferry operating by 2027 that would connect downtown Vancouver with Bowen Island and Gibsons.

Rebecca Bligh, along with Brennan Bastyovanszky and Laura Christensen, told reporters from Harbour Green Dock near the Vancouver Convention Centre that they will all introduce motions at council and park board meetings to push for the ferry.

“Just look at other cities — Sydney, Singapore, Auckland, San Francisco — they all have this type of ferry service,” Bligh said in an interview prior to the news conference. “And so I think this is a starting point. It’s incredibly

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