Travel between Anacortes and Sidney, B.C., via ferry won't be happening until at least next summer, according to Washington State Ferries staff.

During a community meeting last week, Ferries staff talked about the plan to return all routes to their normal, pre-pandemic service. Domestic routes are the top priority, and there is no way to reopen the route to Canada this year, staff said.

That doesn't mean that route is going away, said Ferries Director of Planning, Customer and Government Relations John Vezina.

It takes an order from the state Legislature to change any ferry route, he said. The Sidney route is valuable, but there are too many other challenges right now to keep it open this year.

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