EDMONDS — Three ferries instead of the usual two will service the Edmonds-Kingston route for about a week, starting Thursday.
Hold your excitement.
Traffic is expected to be even busier than usual on the already busy route.
The third boat is to compensate for extra traffic while drive-on ferry service is closed between Seattle and Bainbridge Island to cars, motorcycles, bicycles and electric scooters while a new walkway is installed.
For six days, the Seattle-Bainbridge Island route will have a one-boat sailing schedule and allow only foot traffic on what is the busiest in the system for walk-on passengers.
The third Edmonds-Kingston run will handle additional traffic traveling to or from Bainbridge Island and the Kitsap Peninsula.
There will be no schedule changes for the route, said Justin Fujioka, a Washington State Ferries spokesperson.
“When crewing and vessel availability allows, we will operate that third boat around that route’s current two-boat schedule. So basically, that third boat will operate unscheduled between the scheduled sailings as ‘clean up’ to help move more vehicles,” Fujioka said by email.
Any single or multi-ride ticket for the Seattle-Bainbridge route can be used on Edmonds-Kingston, Seattle-Bremerton and Fauntleroy-Southworth runs.
Check the ferry sailing schedule at wsdot.com/ferries or on the WSDOT app.
Andrea Brown: 425-339-3443; abrown@heraldnet.com; Twitter: @reporterbrown.
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