RANT: Residents Against Noisy Trains

On Monday June 18, 2012 North Vancouver City Council is scheduled to make a decision on whether or not to proceed with the Port Metro Vancouver’s proposed Low Level Road Project (aka the PMV’s Port/ Rail Expansion Project ).

This decision comes a week after Council voted 4-3 to delay the decision on June 11, 2012. Last week’s Council meeting heard residents voice concerns about many unresolved issues concerning the project. Of course, there was the repeated concern that PMV did not release all of the technical reports until June 1, 2012 and that they failed to provide any consultation on these reports after they promised to do so in September 2011.

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In July 2011 North Vancouver City Council decided to proceed with the Detailed Design Phase of Port Metro Vancouver’s (PMV) proposed Low Level Road Project and contributed $1,000,000 toward this phase of the project.  The objective of this decision was so that the design of the project could be advanced to a lower level of detail such that City Council would be able to make a more informed decision, in spring 2012, about moving forward with the construction phase of the project.

The decision to proceed with Detailed Design also included a commitment by PMV to continue consultations with the community.  Local residents are key stakeholders in this project and expect that the Detailed Design will answer questions such as:

• What will be the height of the new Low Level Road?
• Where will the 2 new rail tracks be located for the rail expansion?
• What measures will be implemented to mitigate noise from the expanded rail yard?
• What measures will be implemented to mitigate impact on the environment?

PMV recently advertised their forthcoming events for the much anticipated community consultation with residents in Lower Lonsdale about the project.

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