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Explosives Discovery Stops Lopez Island Ferry Traffic
(Puget Sound, Seattle, WA area)
POSTED: 12:05 pm PST December 30, 2004
The state ferry system shut down the terminal at Lopez Island for a while Thursday afternoon while the Washington State Patrol checked out some old explosive blasting caps.
Ferry service was resuming, although cautiously, as the patrol still was bringing in some hay bales to buffer the area so they can neutralize the blasting caps.
They were discovered by a county public works crew on an access road about 100 yards from the ferry terminal.
Ferry spokeswoman Susan Harris says the blasting caps were apparently unexploded after a road project in the 1980's.
It's not immediately known how many ferry passengers have been inconvenienced, but the 5:15 p.m. sailing from Anacortes to Lopez was scheduled to take place, and officers say passengers will be able to skirt the site safely.