P.E.I. National Park season pass holders can enter automatically this summer [Video]

That familiar gesture of a Parks Canada employee waving you through an entry point to P.E.I. National Park won’t be happening so frequently at a couple of the entry points this summer.

Starting on June 5, Parks Canada is introducing automated entry gates for season pass holders at the Brackley entrance and Cavendish’s Grahams Lane entrance. 

Barcode scanners and automated arms will be in place in the lanes previously reserved for vehicles displaying seasonal permits. 

The two entry points are part of a pilot project at P.E.I. National Park and will be available only to people with season passes.

“When these visitors pull up to the automatic arm, there will be a barcode scanner and they’ll simply have to scan the barcode that’s on their seasonal pass,” said Jessica …