From the Niagara Falls Review:<\/p>\n
If it took White Star three years to build the Titanic, it shouldn’t take two years to build new boats to give tours of Niagara Falls, says Patricia Salci Mangoff, co-ordinator of the Preserve Our Parks group and a critic of the Maid of the Mist.<\/p>\n
During a Niagara Parks Commission consultation Wednesday, Mangoff challenged a consultant’s estimate that it could take at least two years for a new company to get up and running if it were successful in replacing the Maid of the Mist.<\/p>\n
“You have no concept how difficult it is going to be to get a new service provider,” said Bill Mocsan, a Mississaugabased consultant hired as a procurement specialist to help the Niagara Parks Commission conduct a competitive bidding process that could lead to a new company providing boat tours on the Niagara River.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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