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Originally Posted by aberdeen5698
Why raise the bridge when you can just dredge the channel so that the ships can go lower underneath it?
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Could be feasible but also complicated?
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I can't see how you could do it while keeping the bridge open for traffic, though.
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Yeah, that's my biggest concern. Not that I'm all about maintaining certain traffic patterns in sacrifice of never changing anything for the better; but the Golden Gate Bridge is a significant route that drivers use. Closing the bridge would piss off the entire region.
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Delta and Richmond are being evaluated as second terminals.
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Also quite feasible. I think that we need an engineer to make his way to this thread.... BUT from my unprofessional (
) speculation if I was going to make a second terminal, I would either make it in Steveston (which could be too shallow...
again we need an expert) or in Tsawwassen because it already has the Ferry infrastructure and transit patterns in place.
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... Or maybe (emphasis on maybe) they could build a floating terminal out on English Bay that's connected to downtown?
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This would be incredibly innovative, and I think, it would be the best idea. English Bay would explode in business and the floating terminal would need to have an amazing design so that it doesn't piss off the locals, AND designed so that it can handle high volumes of merchandise deliveries. But yeah, a floating terminal would be an incredibly creative solution.
We also have to remember that Cruise ships can also use their tender boats to reach ports. It's a painful process for the passengers and crew but sometimes certain ports will have their own tender boats to assist the cruise ship in transportation of their guests to the shore. This could serve as a temporary solution for Vancouver while we battle out for a long term one.
However with using tender-boats it means that Vancouver would not be able to become the Turnaround port for the ship since they won't be able to receive merchandise. But becoming a tender port for the larger ships would
at least keep Vancouver on the itinerary even though it isn't a turnaround port.