David Moseley, Assistant Secretary for the State Department of Transportation/Ferries Division, announced that the fall public meeting schedule has been set.

These meetings build on the information shared and the comments received at the June/July public workshops regarding the ferry financing studies.

The San Juan Islands route will be discussed on Monday, Oct. 6 from 11:40 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. aboard the inter-island ferry, departing Friday Harbor at 11:40 a.m.

Materials and public comments from prior meetings are accessible online at http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/planning/ESHB2358.htm . The dates for the other ferry routes are:

• Bremerton/Seattle – Wednesday, Sept 24

• Edmonds/Kingston – Thursday, Sept. 25

• Vashon Island – Monday, Sept. 29

• Southworth – Tuesday, Sept. 30

• Mukilteo/Clinton – Wednesday, Oct. 1

• Bainbridge Island/Seattle – Thursday, Oct. 2

• Keystone/Port Townsend – Tuesday, Oct. 7

• Anacortes – Thursday, Oct. 9