WI Drive says ADA access to restrooms during ferry wait times has been challenging Author: Christine Pae (KING 5) Published: 10:40 PM PDT July 29, 2021 Updated: 10:40 PM PDT July 29, 2021
MUKILTEO, Wash. Summertime often means longer-than-usual wait times to board the ferry in western Washington.
The process has been frustrating for the operator of a ride service for people with disabilities in Whidbey Island.
Heather Mayhugh operates WI Drive out of Whidbey Island, shuttling senior citizens and people on wheelchairs to the Mukilteo ferry terminal. I get them to much needed appointments anywhere from Bellingham all the way down to Tukwila, Mayhugh said.
Mayhugh said the challenges come from how the holding lanes at the new terminal lack the spacing required for her wheelchair platform to extend out of the van for her clients to get out and use a restroom at the terminal facilities.
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Traffic lanes leading toward the new toll plaza for the Mukilteo ferry, housing four tollbooths and seven holding lanes. Traditional tribal welcome figures, designed by Suquamish artist Kate Ahkavana, welcome all who enter by land. (WSDOT/Flickr)
It’s been four months since the new Mukilteo ferry terminal opened to the public, but it opened without some of the bells and whistles. Those features will be going in over the next week.
Work started Wednesday to punch through the new road that will provide direct access from Highway 525 to the terminal. Riders have been using a temporary road to drive the extra third of a mile to the loading area. The new road goes through the old terminal area.
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For 63 years, the Mukilteo ferry terminal has served passengers heading back and forth to Whidbey Island. The old terminal closed early Tuesday morning, and the new terminal opened hours later.
The old terminal did its job, but it just can’t properly handle the second busiest ferry run in the state anymore. More than 4 million people went through this terminal last year, and there were just tiny bathrooms, which most people didn’t even realize were there. Walk-on passengers had to board the ferries on the same ramp as the cars.
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