Posted on: Friday, July 19, 2024
Highway 17 Closures
Keating Cross Road Overpass Project
Victoria to Swartz Bay
July 25, 29 and August 7, 2024
Patricia Bay Highway (Hwy 17) between Victoria and Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island will be temporarily closed from Tanner Road to Island View Road due to the Keating Cross Road Overpass Project during the noted times on the following dates:
Scheduled Highway Closures
Thursday, |
Monday, |
Wednesday, |
10:00 pm – 6:00 am |
8:00 pm – 6:00 am |
10:00 pm – 6:00 am |
Customers looking to travel to or from Swartz Bay terminal during closure times will be impacted and should plan their travel accordingly. A detour will be in effect via Central Saanich Road. Customers should be prepared for a 15-20 minute delay as a result.
Those using transit to Swartz Bay are strongly advised to take earlier bus departures because of the detour. Additional information is available online at: https://alerts.bctransit.com/RouteAlertsDetail/45/70/724.
For more information, please check the Keating Cross Overpass Project website here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects/other-transportation-projects/highway-17-keating-cross-overpass.
For up-to-date sailing and departure information, check Current Conditions, follow @BCFerries on X, or phone 1-888-223-3779 for further assistance.
Policies and reports
The following report details the number of sailings cancelled by route and yearly quarter.
The first page provides a system-wide summary for the reported period. It includes a summary of cancellations by route, a breakdown by causes and region, and a comparison to the same period from the previous year.
The subsequent pages provide more detail by route, including annual comparisons and history of previous quarters during that fiscal year.
View Coastal Ferry Act and related documents
An unofficial consolidated working copy of the contract has been prepared for reference, comprising the original contract and the changes arising from the eighteen amending agreements. Please note that the unofficial consolidated contract is not a legal document.
Performance term one:
Performance term two:
Performance term three:
Performance term four:
Performance term five:
Performance term six:
Unofficial consolidated contract
In addition to the Coastal Ferry Services Contract, BC Ferries and the Province have entered into an agreement where the Province will provide $500 million above the Coastal Ferry Services Contract levels for performance term six:
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2024
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2023
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2022
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2021
The traffic statistics below are preliminary and provided only for information and may show some minor discrepancies with BC Ferries’ final financial and regulatory reports.
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2021
2020
2019
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2015