Raymond calls for the restoration of Northwest Arm Pedestrian Ferry

Wednesday May 16, 2007

Halifax – NDP Environment Critic and MLA for Halifax Atlantic, Michele Raymond, is calling on the Halifax Regional Municipality to support a pedestrian ferry for the Northwest Arm.

“Environmentally, the historic ferries across the Northwest Arm are the best way to get to downtown Halifax,” says Raymond. “Halifax was built on a peninsula, to make it defensible, and those defenses still work. It’s hard for vehicles to get on and off the peninsula.”

“HRM needs much stronger public transit, and the Northwest Arm ferry is a cheap and easy way to do it.”

Raymond says she operated the ferry on a trial basis for two weeks in 2001 and again in 2002.

“It worked,” says Raymond. “People still call my house sometimes looking for the ferry. I hate telling them it’s gone, HRM wouldn’t allow it to continue.”

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