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Transportation and Works
April 1, 2009

Public Advisory: Nonia to Provide Service for Green Bay Area

The Honourable Trevor Taylor, Minister of Transportation and Works, announced today that the M.V. Nonia will leave Bell Island and provide temporary service to the Green Bay area as soon as ice conditions in that region permit.

Residents of Green Bay have been without a ferry since the M.V. Hamilton Sound struck a rock last Friday. The M.V. Flanders will continue to provide service to Bell Island in the interim and it is expected that the Beaumont Hamel will join that run in the coming days when it returns from refit. The Marine Division of the Department of Transportation and Works expects that the M.V. Nonia will be in Green Bay for a couple of weeks until another ferry returns from repairs.

The Provincial Government will continue to provide helicopter service to the residents of Green Bay until the M.V. Nonia arrives.

"We are making the best of an unfortunate situation," said Minister Taylor. "The bottom line is we needed to take this temporary measure to ensure ferry service for the people of Little Bay Islands and Long Island."

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Media contact:
David Salter
Director of Communications
Department of Transportation and Works
709-729-3015, 691-3577
davidsalter@gov.nl.ca

2009 04 01                                                    9:30 a.m.
 


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