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Crude-filled tanker cars derail By Chad Saxon editor@estevanmercury.ca
Friday, May 23, 2014
Estevan’s emergency services personnel, and resiCont.were Circulation - 9,239 dents, able to breath a www.estevanmercury.ca Friday, January 9, 2013 sigh of relief Thursday after a train derailment was resolved without major incident or injury. The derailment, which occurred Thursday at around 11 a.m., saw four tanker cars filled with crude oil jump the tracks just north of the Devonian Industrial Subdivision. Although the worst was feared in the immediate aftermath, none of the tanker cars ruptured during the derailment, which occurred on a low speed section of track near CP’s oil transloading Four tanker cars, each filled with crude oil, derailed Thursday morning in Estevan. No oil leaked from any of the tankers and the cause of the derailment remains under investigation. Photo by Chad Saxon. facility but not at it. “It could have been very the members of Estevan’s to deal with these types of was the City’s first since active in planning for the gation by Transport Canada. serious, but thankfully it was fire and police departments situations,” he said. “I want 2004 when a number of cars worst-case scenario given Fire rescue service pernot,” said Mayor Roy Lud- as well as the emergency to also thank CP. They did left the track near Estevan the amount of hazardous sonnel arrived at the scene wig in an interview Monday. measures organization for a very good job of ensuring Diversified Services. In that materials that are transported within minutes and set about “We consider ourselves very their quick work in securing that nothing was spilled even instance, ammonia leaked through Estevan on a daily securing the scene and asfortunate.” and assessing the scene. though the cars were laid from the derailed cars, forc- basis. sessing whether or not there Ludwig, who was in “All of our people that over. They decanted and as it ing the evacuation of resiAlthough the worst-case was a leak. Lloydminster for the Sas- were involved did a fantastic worked out, thank goodness dences in the area. scenario did not materialize, By 1:30 that afternoon, katchewan City Mayors’ job, and it’s just a comfort nothing was spilled, so it was In the years before and the preparation was evident a media conference was Caucus when the derailment knowing that we have the ex- a total success.” after the 2004 incident, the in the aftermath of the derail- held at occurred was quick to thank pertise within our community Thursday’s derailment City’s EMO group has been ment, which is under investiInvestigation ⇢ A2
City discussing which streets will remain open to trucks As work continues on the heavy-truck bypass around the northern outskirts of Estevan, the City is also looking to review and revise which roads within city limits are going to continue accepting heavy trucks in the future. Going forward council agreed during their regular meeting on May 5 that allowing fewer trucks on city streets is better than the opposite. City council had previously raised concerns with Fourth Avenue being a designated truck route, and during a review of the routes around the city, council identified three other areas to be reconsidered, Alice Road from Woodlawn Avenue to the west city boundary, Woodlawn Avenue from Alice Road to the south city boundary and Sixth Street from Second Avenue to Kensington Avenue. The report from city engineer Kiflom Weldeab was returned to council last week. Estevan Motor Speedway held its first race night Councillor Kevin Smith raised some concerns over the 2014 season.
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potential removal of the truck route designation on Sixth doesn’t go anywhere,” said Weldeab, noting if that section Street. If the city began to no longer allow trucks on Sixth of Sixth Street continues as a truck route there should be Street between Kensington and Second, Smith asked if the inclusion of Second Avenue as well. they would be restricting access to all trucks over a certain He added that the issue for many of these roads was weight or whether existing businesses on that stretch of that they haven’t been built to withstand heavy-truck traffic, road would be permitted on the street with oversized loads. Sixth Street included. Most of Sixth Street isn’t a truck route, but there is a Mayor Roy Ludwig said there will be further consulta375-metre stretch west of Kensington Avenue to Second tion with the public who will have the opportunity to come Avenue that allows them. forward with their concerns about the truck routes as the The recommendation to council noted the City should bylaw is drawn up. either revisit classifying that section of Sixth Street as a “The whole reason behind this, and I know council is truck route or include Second Avenue from Third Street fully behind it, is the degradation of our streets and roads. to Sixth Street as a truck route so heavy loads are able to We simply cannot continue to watch them deteriorate,” said loop back around to Kensington. Ludwig. “Now that we’ve got the heavy-truck bypass, we Weldeab said as it stands, the Sixth Street truck route want to restrict wherever possible the heavy-truck traffic goes nowhere. on our streets.” of the season May 17, as both drivers and race fans descended upon the speedway to kick off the “It doesn’t loop around. That is a truck route that Police ⇢ A2
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