Province rejects 2 Yarmouth ferry proposals
CBC News
Posted: Mar 5, 2013 1:13 PM AT
Last Updated: Mar 5, 2013 10:33 PM AT
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The Nova Scotia government has decided to say no to two bidders and keep looking for a company interested in setting up a new ferry in Yarmouth, N.S.
The proposals were submitted in January by Quest Navigation Inc. of Eliot, Maine and Maritime Applied Physics Corp, a Baltimore-based engineering firm.
After studying the two bids, the province said neither met the minimum criteria.
Economic Development Minister Percy Paris said he will appoint a group of tourism, community and business leaders to find ways to grow tourism in the southwest.
Paris says the government is not giving up on finding a new ferry in Yarmouth.
He said he’d like to see a ferry in place by next year.
The ferry's former operator, Bay Ferries Ltd., announced in December 2009 that it would cancel the money-losing service after the Nova Scotia government said it could no longer provide an annual $6-million subsidy.
Paris said the government is still willing to put up to $21 million dollars into a new business but only if it turns into a money maker.
He said the government will launch a new procurement process with the hopes of a 2014 start date.
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