3:24 PM: Just in from the King County Department of Transportation’s Marine Division: The West Seattle Water Taxi‘s runs are now canceled for the rest of today, because repair of what was described as a “defective weld” in the hull of the Rachel Marie is taking longer. The county is expecting to resume West Seattle Water Taxi service tomorrow morning.
5 PM UPDATE: The county confirms service will resume tomorrow.
Wow. I wonder how many times the state run water taxi has been “down” and cancelled since they took over the run from Argosy. I know it is massively more expensive to the taxpayers, but also unreliable.
I can’t remember a time the old water taxi was out of comission unless weather related. If residents are going to use the water taxi as a viable means to commute, they need to know they can rely on the service. It seems to have been down several times this year with no back-up to support riders.
The boats King County uses for their water taxi were used for a ferry in Honolulu a couple years ago. They were frequently out of service over there too. I hope the County can do something. The peak summer season is almost upon us.
And isn’t it funny that when the boat is going to be down for a while, they call on “old reliable” to provide the service? The taxpayers could have saved alot of money by keeping the run subsidized as opposed to state-run.
Save taxpayers $’s, buy out the service to the Argosy folks!
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