Over recent months, I have written about the Lummi Island Ferry dilemma. Lummi island is a small island off of Bellingham. The ferry runs from Gooseberry Point over the the island. There are fewer than a thousand permanent residents on Lummi Island but those people count on this small car and passenger ferry for easy access to the mainland.
As of now, Whatcom County and the Lummi Nation have prepared a joint news release, dated May 18, that would provide for the ferry terminal to remain where it is for another 35 years. The county would pay the tribe $200,000 a year with adjustments for inflation.
A day after announcing an "agreement in concept" on a new 35-year lease for the Lummi Island ferry terminal at Gooseberry Point, Whatcom County and Lummi Nation issued a joint news release May 18 that outlined the cost to the county. The county has agreed to other terms as well, designed to enhance traffic safety at and around the terminal. Those costs will, eventually, come out to be another $6 million. This argument has been going on since February of this year, but it appears that the end is in sight.
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