Ottawa moves to acquire land for Lac-Mégantic rail bypass, 10 years after disaster
Alghabra said he understands that some property owners are angry about the decision, but the core objective is to stop trains from travelling through Lac-Mégantic’s downtown, and prevent another disaster.
The decision to reroute the train tracks follows Alghabra’s visit to the region last month, when he met with community members and expressed the government’s desire to construct a bypass as soon as possible. The rail disaster took place early in the morning on July 6, 2013, when an unattended freight train carrying crude oil derailed downtown and multiple cars exploded, killing 47 people and flattening 30 buildings.
In 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a plan to jointly fund a rail bypass with the government of Quebec.
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