Ferry budget changes, but schedule doesn’t

This week’s legislative budget compromise shuffled the source of some of the money that pays for the Alaska Marine Highway System.
Crew members tie up the fast ferry Fairweather in Sitka. It and other marine highway ships will sail less in the next budget year. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska)But it doesn’t increase — or decrease — the number of routes or sailings.
Ferry spokesman Jeremy Woodrow said the system will stick with its existing summer schedule, as well as