BC Ferries Plans to Replace Baynes Sound Connector Cables

infrastructure · Spring to Summer 2020 · Baynes Sound Connector ferry

BC Ferries announced plans to replace the plastic-coated cables on the Baynes Sound Connector cable ferry with new steel flattened strand cables. The first new cable is expected to arrive in spring 2020, with installation taking place overnight to avoid service disruption. All three new cables are planned to be installed before the end of summer 2020. The old plasticized cables will be recycled after replacement.

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• “We have ordered the “flattened strand cables” to replace the plastic-coated cables currently in use on the cable ferry... We expect the first of the new cables to arrive in the Spring... The cable change-out will take place overnight to avoid disruption to ferry service... All going well, all three new cables will be in place before the end of summer.” — The Islands Grapevine – January 23rd, 2020 (January 23rd, 2020)

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