Pile driving work will begin this month at the site of King County Water Taxi’s future location – another sign that we’re getting closer to a new, weather-protected facility for our loyal riders. Washington State Department of Transportation today demolished our former facility on the south side of Colman Dock and could begin driving support piles for our our…
King County Water Taxi riders who disembarked their vessels Monday in Downtown Seattle might have noticed some new, metallic arches over their heads. No, they aren’t the Water Taxi’s newest art installation. No, it isn’t homage to the retractable roof at Safeco Field. (Although it does look pretty cool.) Instead, the frames will serve a…
King County Water Taxi is back in business. We will resume service out of our new temporary location at Pier 52 in Seattle beginning with the West Seattle route on Saturday, Aug. 12 – two days earlier than anticipated! When it resumes service for West Seattle, the Water Taxi will operate on a new revised…
Being out of service this week during construction at Colman Dock has been tough for riders who rely on us, but there’s good news – we’re almost out of the rough waters. Barring any unforeseen delays, we’re anticipating (fingers crossed) being cleared to resume service as early as Saturday, Aug. 12 – two days earlier…
If the giant crane and barge weren’t a complete giveaway, the sounds of pile-driving on the Seattle waterfront are another indication that work on King County Water Taxi’s temporary location is underway. Tuesday marked the first day that in-water construction could take place on Washington State Department of Transportation’s Seattle Multimodal Terminal at Colman Dock…
There’s another crane in Seattle, and it’s on our waterfront. As many of our passengers have observed, we’re seeing visual signs of construction at Washington State Ferries’ Colman Dock. Work on the Seattle Multimodal Terminal at Colman Dock Project will start with the temporary relocation of our facility to the north side while crews build our…
The King County Water Taxi will suspend all service for up to one week starting Monday, Aug. 7 as the downtown Seattle terminal is relocated to accommodate construction of a new terminal. During the closure, the downtown Seattle terminal will be relocated from the south side of Colman Dock/Pier 50 to the north side. When…
Want to stay up-to-date on the latest information on King County Water Taxi’s future terminal project? Today, we launched a new page on our website that’s dedicated to our future Seattle terminal, which will include construction updates we’ll post along the way so riders are in-the-know. This summer, we’ll begin rebuilding our passenger-only terminal on…
Riders of the King County Water Taxi will need to make other transportation plans for up to 10 days starting in early August. Both routes of the popular foot and bike ferry service will be suspended while their crews move the Water Taxi’s float on the Seattle waterfront from the south end of Colman dock…
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