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The Corporation of Delta

DELTA, BRITISH COLUMBIA V4K 3£2/946-4141 (604)

May 6th, 1985

City of Port Coquitlam
2272 McAllister Avenue
Port Coquitlam, B.C.
V3C 2A8

Attention: YOUR WORSHIP & MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

Re: PUBLIC. SAFETY ISSUES - COASTAL SHIPMENT
OF RAILCAR LOADS OF DANGEROUS COMMODITIES
~ CTC-RTC PUBLIC HEARINGS MARCH 1OTH -
21ST, 1985.

Sel AL

A coalition of Lower Mainland Municipalities is sought to
assist the Canadian Transport Commission Railway Transport
Committee and the rail carriers with the planning and
implementation process needed to find a Satisfactory
long-term solution to the aforementioned transportation
problem through urban areas, It is therefore proposed

that a steering committee of Municipal Administrators
(Mayors) be struck to ensure that local government needs and
concerns are incorporated into any routing or operational
changes in the trans-shipment of these dangerous commodities.

Nees

Ry

Unity Required = no community openly wants to accept or
increase dangerous commodity traffic within its boundaries.
The perceived implications of this type of activity on
community planning, property values, municipal services,
etc., could be extremely costly to that host community in
terms of restricted land uses, altered transportation
routes, specialized personnel training, emergency response
equipment acquisition, legal response liabilities, etc.
This is particularly true if a community acquires that
dangerous commodity traffic arbitrarily, based solely on the
need of the carrier, without the benefit of incorporating
this activity into the long-range plans of the host
community and therefore without an opportunity to abate or
mitigate the perceived impacts on that community.

See EM An ate a ae NE ERY el nt ee

IAS SAFES erat,

- Continued...