lr. R.C, Wils s0n
303/. Lougheed Highway
Port Coquitlan, 3.C.

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Mavor B. Scott and Council C 0 UJ iS
lichAlLlister avenue \

Port Coquitian, L.c. MAR 2 0 1972
Dear Sirs,

This letter is in rerard to the inconsiderete wav the
Canadian Pacific Railway oner:tes their busiress in this
towr., iiy main connlaint is the leneth of time they keep the
crossirss close! on the Lousheed Highway and King svar Ave.
There have: been tines when hoth of these erousings were
blocked at the stime time. This causes a ia jor traffic jam.
Or September 29, Lgrt a right after one of these ma Jor tie~
ups, my 12 veur 0 thughter was Killed be a truck thit was
trving to 63ci.; mass corfusion br be cking un to turn
around. While lig this éceident wis -ot the direct
fanlt of the C. it was the iniirert result of the con-
fusior catserl b: uO trains comins into town at once.

The C.P.R. stetes that the trad 's couing from the west
‘sonetines Tinl the yvard is not cleer mrd must stor or slow
down, addinr to the dela:r. The crews have radios on the job
and I feel ther could check the vard while still cut of town
and ~ot while the. are blocking traffics

I feel that the trains are too lo~~ te be nractical from
a safety standpoint. I heve counted 200 spt coal cars
comings into Pert Conuitlam from Port Moody. This train is
24 miles iv Leveth if each cer is 50 feet long. This train
took 21 mirutes te clair the Loutheed crossing.

The result of thin slLoprece is thet the traffie novth of
the crossivng’is backed un rinht pevond the signals at tue
inversection of the Lougheed and Eo rnet liizhiers. The tights
are of the dem.ed tour uel ence @ car nulls up end stons, the
signal works one once after it is trinned. This results in
confusion when the lishts wontt chuvges

To the south, the situation is worse. jiihen traffic backs
up to, Kinswea: Avonue, tue cars Yisning to go west on Dewd-

nev Trunk must wait Fér this Long time or pass a long line
of cars on the wrong side to vet there.

Sorietimes, the trains coming in to town stop just short
of the crossing to wait ustil the line clears. Thev will
sit at Kingswuy Ave, for 10 to 20 minutes and leave the sir-
nal flashing all this bine. . Anv motorist that drives nus
these siznais is liable for 3 points or his drivers! lic-
ense.

To my experience, neurlyvy evervtime a person phones the
C.P.R. yard, the: have a pat excuse for most of their chort-
cominrs.

Iothirk thet the city should erforce sone of the old liws
thet cover these fuults. ,The raiiwavs seen to get avay with
almost anrthing ther wish, and at ary time.

This courcil should cct to ecs¢ the vroblem with new bi
laws with some teet': in them. I krow thit this is no esr
matter to solve, but I feel that the railway wonld co-
operate in this matter. Some of the line lies with the
train crews themselves, Thev do vot seen to care who is ine
convenienced while thev are doing | their Job.

Another matter is the amount of trair-whistling dere at
~irht around! this town, It seems tht 23s soon as some en-
giveers ret their hands en a whistle-rone, they turn into (ennt)