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The Transportation Safety Board has issued three important recommendations aimed at improving the transport of dangerous goods by rail, concluded from an ongoing investigation into last year’s tragedy in Lac-Megantic. In a statement made by Wendy Tadros on Thursday morning, it was stated that the investigators “still have months ahead of us” in the investigation into the crash and subsequent fire that killed 47 people last summer. However, the agency wanted to issue the three recommendations because “in today’s environment, action needs to be taken sooner rather than later.”
Tadros mentioned that “if North American railways are to carry more and more of these flammable liquids through our communities, it must be done safely.” It was added that “change must come and it must come now.” According to TSB, the amount of crude oil shipped across North America is going up, and so “coordinated solutions” are required. TSB revealed that 500 carloads of crude oil were shipped by rail in Canada in 2009, and 160,000 carloads of oil were shipped in Canada in 2013.
When inquired at a news conference if older DOT-111 cars should be phased out entirely, Tadros replied that “a long phase-out simply isn’t good enough.” Conclusively, Tadros highlighted that TSB only has the mandate to make recommendations and it is up to Transport Canada to make changes in rail-safety regulations. She stated that “it is our responsibility, and that’s what we’ve done in our investigation, to identify the safety issues and bring forward the recommendations aimed at ameliorating those safety problems.”
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