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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-019 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

WSDOT news release, Mar. 20, 2020: resumption of Anacortes-Sidney, B.C. international ferry service pushed back from Mar. 29 to at least Apr. 26, 2020 'as a result of the recent closure of the Canadian border'

Start of state ferry service to Canada suspended until April 26 due to COVID-19 situation

Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries (WSF) · Washington (Anacortes - Friday Harbor - Sidney, British Columbia route) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Washington (Anacortes - Friday Harbor - Sidney, British Columbia route) · Washington
Level
State
Authority
WSF schedule authority under RCW 47.60; 'the recent closure of the Canadian border to help slow the spread of COVID-19' (recited)
Issued
2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-03-29 (planned restart cancelled); suspension to at least 2020-04-26 (read as 2020-03-29)
End
Extended through June 20, 2020 (Ex. 022); the Sidney route 'did not resume due to U.S.-Canada border restrictions' in 2020 (Ex. 096) and remained suspended through Sept. 30, 2021 (the DHS land-border restrictions ran to Nov. 8, 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 29, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Travel and quarantine
Addressees
  • WSF customers on the international route
  • San Juan Islands residents and businesses (domestic sailings unaffected)
Functions reached
  • TV travel (international ferry link closed for six quarters)
  • CB customer access (San Juan Islands tourism trade with British Columbia)
  • SC supply chain (cross-border vehicle traffic)
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

Resumption of Washington State Ferries' service between the U.S. and Canada has been pushed back to at least April 26. The suspension of the route serving Anacortes, and Sidney, British Columbia, comes as a result of the recent closure of the Canadian border to help slow the spread of COVID-19.... Plans are ready to limit service or passenger capacity on other routes if ridership declines further or based on evolving health guidelines.

Enforcement

Service suspension by the operator; the underlying border closure was enforced by Canada Border Services Agency and CBP under the bilateral restrictions

Notes

A State ferry route closed for the whole claim period because of border orders: the border closure is the force-of-law instrument (federal notices in FED-B); the WSF suspension is its operating consequence, graded context.

Retrieval note

Rendered copy of the WSDOT news release dated Friday, March 20, 2020 - 08:59 (no Wayback banner in the text layer).

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