[Saint John] Port Development

[cdnguys]

Originally Posted by EnvisionSaintJohn

Wouldn’t it be a lot cheaper to just invest in a second, smaller scale ferry terminal Uptown for cross harbour ferry that would serve pedestrians, bicyclists, scooters, etc?

It would be cool to hop on a second ferry that takes you to Uptown Saint John right after you arrive at the West Side Docks on the Fundy Rose. There’s gotta be quite a few options to enhance/modify the existing West Side Ferry Terminal to accommodate a cross harbour ferry in addition to the Fundy Rose.

It’s been mentioned before that Riverview Drive might be the best place to have a ferry run between the West Side and Fundy Quay, and that might very well be the case. Ideally, we’d get a ferry that crossed the Harbour both under the bridge and across the harbour, like Saint John once had. I understand Port operations reign supreme, but there’s no way a single ferry running between the West Side and Uptown should hinder port operations and logistics… if it’s planned property.

How great would it be to see something like this again in Saint John (minus the cars)

About 20 to 25 years ago there was talk of a large scale high rise housing development at the Ft Dufferin site on west side near Bayshore Beach. It had renderings, but I can’t find them. There was a proposal for a water taxi from site to uptown