The Alaska Marine Highway System announced it has adjusted ferry service schedules for the middle of April in order to help roughly 400 students and chaperones from across Southeast travel to the Region V Music Festival in Juneau.
AMHS will be rerouting the M/V LeConte to make a round-trip run through southern Southeast to pick up and return the students. With this service adjustment, students from Ketchikan, Wrangell, Metlakatla and Klawock will be able to attend the annual festival. Students from Sitka and Haines will use a previously-adjusted ferry service schedule to access the festival.
Because the total number of students traveling to the festival exceed the LeConte’s passenger capacity, around 100 other students and chaperones plan to attend the festival through other means.
“AMHS is making a tremendous route change to accommodate students traveling to the music festival. We’re thrilled to be able to make this happen, and we’ve exhausted all options for shifting boats and service to minimize impacts to Southeast communities. We apologize to those travelers and businesses who are inconvenienced, and we wish all the students success at the festival,” Captain John Falvey, AMHS general manager, said in a release.
Northern Southeast Alaska will retain a modified service schedule during the run:
On April 10 the LeConte’s Lynn Canal service will be canceled, with passengers shifted to a modified M/V Columbia schedule servicing the same ports on the same day.
On April 11 LeConte’s Hoonah and Gustavus stops will be canceled, with passengers consolidated with the following day’s run.
On April 12 the LeConte’s Angoon and Tenakee stops will be canceled, adding instead stops in Hoonah and Gustavus to cover commercial transport of food and supplies.
On April 15 LeConte’s Lynn Canal service will be canceled, with passengers shifted to the Columbia’s run on the following day.
On April 16 the LeConte’s Hoonah and Gustavus stops will be consolidated with its April 17 sailing. Columbia’s Lynn Canal route would be retained.
On April 17 LeConte’s Lynn Canal route will be canceled, shifting passengers to the previous day’s Columbia sailing. Stops to Hoonah and Gustavus would be added to LeConte’s run to cover commercial transport of food and supplies.
AMHS staff is currently contacting affected passengers and rebooking travel. Passengers may book travel at FerryAlaska.com, or by contacting a local terminal by dialing 1-907-465-3941 or toll-free at 1-800-642-0066.
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