The RM of Cartier's moving forward with application to prohibit trains from whistling at their community railway crossings.

Reeve Dale Fossay says they're also working on a mandatory review of all railway crossings, a requirement outlined by Transport Canada. He notes they've enlisted AECOM to help with both issues. They've had the anti-whistling application submitted for more than a decade, but were recently told they'd had to update their submission. Fossay says they chose to deal with AECOM, as the consultants are well aware of the file. 

Reeve Dale Fossay

"AECOM did the original study back a number of years ago. In this case, they won't be starting from scratch but rather updating the previous study."

The CN Rail line is quite active with multiple trains passing through the communities each hour. Fossay notes many living in those communities, including Elie, have expressed a desire to have the anti-whistling put in place. Fossay notes before resubmitting their application, they'll have to gather quite a bit of information.

"There will be some criteria from CN on what to look at, and maybe MIT on traffic and pedestrian traffic at different locations."

He says it's hard to understand why it's taken more than a decade to get this in place, noting he's heard of other Manitoba communities with anti-whistling regulations.