Several rail cars carrying bitumen come off the tracks near major route for commuters in city’s northwest
A train derailment closed a stretch of a busy Winnipeg thoroughfare Friday and prompted Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government to refloat the billion-dollar idea of relocating rail lines outside the city.
Premier Heather Stefanson said the derailment should reignite consideration of rail relocation – an idea that has been discussed for decades as a way to increase safety and remove large rail yards that serve as barriers between neighbourhoods.“But when something like this happens, you know, you’re thankful that no one got injured but it does bring it to the forefront.”
The idea of moving rail lines has been brought up since the 1960s, and rough price estimates have pegged the cost well upwards of $1 billion.
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