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Lac Mégantic: What if it happened here? RICHARD MAHONEY richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca thought to what is being transported through our communities,” observed Ché- nier.
nier. “What products are being transported through our municipalities? Are they dan- gerous? What do we do if, for example, there is an ammonia spill? If we had that type of information, at least we could en- sure that our emergency response plans would be able to deal with it.” Former economic development director with the town of Hawkesbury, Chénier not- ed that as municipalities continue to seek new industries, train traffic will increase. “The trend is towards trains because it is an affordable means of transportation. As that trend continues, the risks will also in- crease,” he said. Access to tracks is one of the assets of the former Amoco Fabrics and Fibers plant, Chénier observed. No hazardous materials are transported into town by rail, Hawkesbury Fire Chief Ghislain Pigeon reported. If new industries arrive, that could change. In-town train traffic is light. Once every two weeks, a shipment of plastic pellets is delivered by train to Les Cruchons J.U.G.S. factory on Cameron Street. Based in Vankleek Hill, the Ontario- L’Orignal Railway Company transports freight along a 34-kilometre Canadian Na- tional line between Glen Robertson and Hawkesbury. It serves the Ivaco steel mill with a 6.5-kilometre spur line between Hawkesbury and L’Orignal.
As many as six freight and passenger trains travel through Casselman every day. Passenger and cargo train lines also run through other area communities, such as Alexandria and Maxville. No crude oil, which fueled the Lac Mé- gantic inferno, is carried on railway lines that enter area railway towns. But Canadian National, Canadian Pacific and Maine Montréal Maine and Atlantic Railways Inc., the company whose cars de- railed in Lac Mégantic, do transport oil by rail on tracks that travel through this dis- trict en route to Montréal and then on to east coast refineries. In the aftermath of the tragedy, munici- pal officials are looking at ways to get more information on the contents of freight cars travelling through their municipalities, and to better prepare for train-related disasters. One freight train goes through Cas- selman daily. However, Chénier not- ed that municipalities are not rou- tinely advised of the nature of the products that are being transported. Municipal representatives are hoping to ar- range a meeting with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to explore methods of improving the flow of train-related infor- mation to municipalities. “There is a con- stant exchange of information, but there is no train service is nebulous,” allowed Ché-
“Everybody was asking the same ques- tion when we got to work that Monday. What if that happened here?’” Marc Chénier, chief administrative offi- cer of the Village of Casselman, echoed the sentiments of many in the wake of the July 6 train derailment in Lac Mégantic. Public officials across the district are looking at train services in a different way following the freight train derailing which resulted in the obliteration of the down- town area of the small Québec town. “Nobody was impassive. Before that, I don’t think many people gave much
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Ottawa woman killed in crash on Highway 417
VANKLEEK HILL | An Ottawa woman has been identified as the victim of a fatal single-vehicle accident which oc- curred Tuesday on Highway 417 west of Vankleek Hill. Inas Naseif Bolus, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident while a 15-year-old male passenger was trans- ported to Ottawa with serious injuries. The victim was driving a westbound 2001 Sub-
aru at about 3:15 p.m. July 16 when the vehicle left the roadway and went into a ditch, reports the Stormont-Dundas- Glengarry Ontario Provincial Police de- tachment. A section of the highway be- tween Highland Road and County Road 34 was closed for about six hours. SD&G O.P.P. members and Technical Traffic Collision investigators continue the investigation.
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