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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

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OfT 25 1982

TO: B. Kirk, DATE: October 22, 1982,
City Administrator,

FROM: W. S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief.

SUBJECT: Railroad Transport of Dangerous Goods.

Report on Railroad Transport of Dangerous goods in the Greater Vancouver
Region, by the Pacific Region, Railway Transport Committee, Vancouver,
B.C. dated May, 1982,

Page 4 of this report, Scope of Review, Paragraph 4 quote: What has been
undertaken in an overall assessment of local rail handling of hazardous
Materials, with the following areas selected for special attention:

(a) Ferry slip traffic

(b) Major railway yard installations
(c) Services to major industries

(d) Interchange facilities

(a) Ferry slip traffic has.a potentially indirect effect on Port Coquitlam
vail yards. If Vancouver was successful in eliminating the C.P. Ferry Slip
the traffic may be diverted before it reaches Port Coquitlam Yards, depending
on the location of a common ferry slip for the three railways as suggested
in the recommendations. By reading this report, one can easily see, that
when one City or local is successful in veducing a hazardous condition, it
compounds the condition in another.

(b), (ce), & (a) Major Railway Yard Installations, Services to Majer Industries,
Interchange facilities: The Port Coquitlam Yards have always been to a great
degree, the western terminus for the C.P. Rail. The line from Port Coquitlam
to New Westminster at cone time and for a considerable length of time the
highest revenue saction of track in North America.

Yards have always been v
east for distribution

to New Westminster and t j industries and also
Vancouver Ferry Slip. .

There are two major concerns that affect the Fire Department which ara not
covered in this report.

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