Alaska’s capital metropolis, Juneau, is ready to vote on limiting cruise ship operations on Saturdays. After limiting cruise passenger arrivals earlier this 12 months, the city can also ban vessels with 250 passengers or extra from docking on that particular day of the week.
In line with the Related Press, the “ship-free Saturdays” initiative certified for Juneau’s municipal poll and might be voted on October 1.
The proposal would additionally ban vessels from docking on July 4, a day when town organizes an annual downtown parade.
The measure certified for voting this week and can go to voters except the native Meeting enacts an analogous measure by August 15, which is seen as unlikely, the Related Press acknowledged.
The initiative goals to provide Juneau’s residents “a respite” from tourism inflow, the information company added.
As a part of their itineraries in Alaska, ships repeatedly dock within the metropolis on Saturdays in 2024. Callers incude the Carnival Spirit, the Carnival Luminosa, the Seven Seas Explorer, the Silver Nova and the Grand Princess.
2025 itineraries additionally embody varied ships, such because the Coral Princess, Norwegian Pleasure, the Ruby Princess and the Silver Moon, arriving repeatedly on Saturdays.
Off notice, given its proposed passenger quantity threshold, the measure wouldn’t ban smaller U.S.-flagged vessels, together with these operated by manufacturers like Alaskan Dream Cruises, Lindblad Expeditions and UnCruise Adventures.
In early June, the Metropolis and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) introduced a Memorandum of Settlement (MOA) with cruise traces to assist handle customer trade quantity within the capital metropolis.
In line with a press launch, the measure establishes a restrict of 16,000 decrease berths per day and in addition features a dedication to optimizing town’s cruise schedule, reviewing customer numbers and discussing neighborhood objectives.
The settlement additionally included an extra restrict to cruise numbers on Saturdays, which might be capped at 12,000.
