MV Coho Crucial to Victoria’s Economy
According to last Sunday’s Peninsula Daily News, the MV Coho is even more crucial to Victoria than anyone realized. The car-passenger ferry contributed $123.7 million to Victoria’s economy in 2006.
The ferry transported 205,144 passengers, supported 3,541 full-time jobs and contributed $12.4 million in taxes to the British Columbia government in 2006.
These were the results of the first economic study of the MV Coho’s impact on Victoria. As important as the Coho is to the Port Angeles economy, Victoria would be even more devastated if this ferry system were jeopardized.
The study doesn’t have any economic predictions of what would happen to Victoria if the Coho were moved out of the Inner Harbour. But hopefully these results will be the final nail in the coffin for the absurd clueless idea of moving the Coho away from Victoria.
The ferry transported 205,144 passengers, supported 3,541 full-time jobs and contributed $12.4 million in taxes to the British Columbia government in 2006.
These were the results of the first economic study of the MV Coho’s impact on Victoria. As important as the Coho is to the Port Angeles economy, Victoria would be even more devastated if this ferry system were jeopardized.
The study doesn’t have any economic predictions of what would happen to Victoria if the Coho were moved out of the Inner Harbour. But hopefully these results will be the final nail in the coffin for the absurd clueless idea of moving the Coho away from Victoria.
Labels: Inner Harbour, MV Coho, Port Angeles, Victoria
posted by Tom Harper at 9:51 PM
1 Comments:
I liked it better when you could drive to Victoria. Map Quest, from many years ago, said the way to Victoria was to drive out the end of the spit, turn left, drive 26.4 miles and then turn right onto Government street in Victoria. No screwing around on a boat in the old days. You had to keep a weather eye out for pirates but most of the time it as a smooth ride.
I still try to go that way when I drive over but I take the boat when I just want to walk around downtown Victoria.
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