Bypass plans have become a source of division in the community over concerns that include expropriation, safety and environmental impacts
Raymond Savoie has lived all his 71 years in a small stone house, surrounded by farmland, that was originally built by his great-grandfather nearly 100 years ago in Lac-Megantic, Que.
The 12.5-kilometre rail bypass was supposed to help the town heal from the collective trauma of the disaster. But 10 years after the tragedy, work has yet to begin, and the bypass has become a source of division and anger rather than unity. But the concerns of residents go beyond expropriations. At public consultations in May, some 63 parties and their lawyers raised objections to the bypass, according to the hearing officer’s report.
A hydrogeology report published in May 2022 by the firm Englobe noted that several wetlands would likely be affected, either directly by construction or by lowering the water table. Wells, as well as surface bodies of water, such as rivers, could be impacted, it found.
Transport Canada says it remains fully committed to the bypass, which will reduce the number of residences located close to the track from 265 to eight, and reduce level crossings from 16 to four.On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Canadian Transportation Agency suggested the application from Central Maine and Quebec Railway Canada is incomplete.
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