Splash Dash Water Services
The Splash Dash water taxi service was created a few years after The Forks opened, as a shuttle service between various downtown areas. In the early 2000s Hugo Dock was added. This is still the most western of the terminals for the River Spirit Water Bus Service, as it is officially known.
The water taxi has struggled to operate since the opening, due to the problem of high water on both the Red and Assiniboine Rivers during most years. After the ice melt in spring, it may take several weeks, sometimes until late June or early July, for the waters of the two rivers to recede enough to allow the installation of the fixed and floating portions of the docks in use.
Expansion plans had earlier called for the Splash Dash to run as far west as the Sherbrook-Maryland Bridge by 2007.
As of 2012, the current one-way fare is $3.50. An unlimited day-pass is $15.00.
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