Area residents will be able to give the provincial transportation minister an earful later this month when the MPP for Kingston and the Islands, Sophie Kiwala, hosts a town hall meeting to discuss the delays in getting back the Wolfe Island ferry from its trip to dry dock for repairs.

The meeting, with Ontario Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca, will be held on the island on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the community hall in Marysville at 26 Division St. The time will be announced later.

The meeting follows one held on Sept. 24 when the mayors from the Township of Frontenac Islands, Prince Edward County and Loyalist Township were invited to share their concerns with the minister over the delay.

Kiwala said she shares residents’ disappointment and frustration over the situation and its impact on their daily lives. The delay has meant long lineups at ferry docks and concerns over access to emergency services.

The meeting will be a chance for the public to express those concerns directly to the transportation minister and find out more about the situation, as well as the planned environmental assessment for a second ferry.

— The Whig-Standard