MAINE PUBLIC • August 11, 2023
Bay Ferries reports ticket sales for the CAT high-speed ferry linking Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia continue to be higher than last year. The company says, through Aug. 10 it has sold 34,542 tickets, 2,864 more than last year at the same time. But the current, Progressive Conservative government of Nova Scotia continues to move toward an economic study of the service. The province paid Bay Ferries nearly $18 million (Canadian) in subsidy last year. The economic study is meant to determine if the province is getting value for that subsidy.