Plan ahead for Sunday’s Seahawks game
Fans heading to the Seahawks NFC Championship game can advance across Puget Sound faster by leaving early and pre-purchasing return-trip tickets. On Jan. 18, the 144-vehicle/2,000-passenger vessel Kaleetan is scheduled to depart Bremerton at 6:20 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. The 124-vehicle/1,200-passenger vessel Cathlamet is scheduled to depart Bremerton at 7:20 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. Kickoff is at 12:05 p.m. Return trips from Seattle are available throughout the afternoon and evening. Bremerton/Seattle and Bainbridge/Seattle schedules and tickets are available online at http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/wave2go/.
Vehicle reservations system off to a good start
It was a great first week for Washington State Ferries’ vehicle reservations system on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route — more than 5,000 reservations were made and 96.8 percent of these were redeemed. WSF thanks their customers and employees for their contributions to the positive start to vehicle reservations in the islands. Please go online to save your spot for upcoming vehicle travel on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands, Anacortes/Sidney, BC and Port Townsend/Coupeville routes.
New steel piling to be installed
Preservation work continues at the Bremerton, Edmonds and Kingston terminals this week. In-water construction to remove and replace a battered wing wall will occur at the Bremerton terminal through Feb. 2015. This is the last timber wing wall to be replaced system-wide. Crews will remove creosote-treated timber piers and replace them with hollow steel piles (pictured above is one of the first series of steel pipes). Offshore maintenance work to repair and preserve dolphin piers (in-water structures used as landing aids for approaching ferries) continues at both Edmonds and Kingston terminals through next week. WSF does not anticipate service disruptions associated with the work at the terminals.
