MONTREAL — The proposed rail bypass around the Quebec town where a freight train derailment killed 47 people nearly 10 years ago hit another snag this week…
The municipality of Frontenac — where some residents are facing having their land expropriated — confirmed that 92.5 per cent of nearly 700 eligible residents opposed the Lac-Megantic bypass project in a referendum held Sunday.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
But five years after Trudeau promised trains would be leaving Lac-Megantic’s downtown for good, construction has not started and the project is drawing increasingly vocal pushback from residents of nearby towns who are unhappy with the proposed route. Nantes, another neighbouring municipality, also passed a resolution in January opposing the bypass route, in response to a survey and petition by concerned citizens.
It’s unclear exactly what impact the Frontenac referendum will have on the process, and Gendron said he’ll meet with council to discuss future steps. But he noted that anyone can contest the notices of intent to expropriate sent out by the federal government, which should trigger a public hearing. He suggested Canadians who care about their tax dollars should watch closely.
However, he believes the disagreements stem from affected towns feeling that they weren’t sufficiently consulted about the bypass route and weren’t heard when they proposed modifications to reduce the impact. Residents of neighbouring towns, he believes, are open to a bypass, “but not one done in any which way across their territory.”
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