Port Authority’s lack of leadership costing Nanaimo marinas, association claims
NANAIMO — More pressure is being put on the Nanaimo Port Authority (NPA) to address sharp increases in foreshore lease rates, which a vocal opponent says are “putting Nanaimo’s marine economy at risk.”
The Nanaimo Yacht Club has thrown their support behind the Nanaimo Marina Association (NMA), a group committed to lowering ever-rising water lease rates, which it claims have shot up in some cases 125 per cent overnight, according to spokesman Odai Sirri.
Sirri says there is no sign of progress being made with foreshore rate structures set to be re-established next year.
“They (NPA) have a problem with their business, they’re losing money, they don’t know how to operate their own business, so they’re coming after their lessees to compensate those losses that they’re incurring,” said Sirri.