The Proprietor Review

The provincial government is developing policies ( guidelines) in respect to developing around rail corridors.

The guidelines are designed to assist local governments and rail companies in reviewing and determining general planning policies when developing on lands in proximity to railway facilities. The guidelines also establish a process for making site-specific recommendations and decisions to reduce land-use incompatibilities for developments in proximity to railway operations. A key component is a model review process for new residential development, infill, and conversions in proximity to railways

Source UBCM

Merritt experinced this when the CPR stopped operating here in the 1980’s. Merritt Building supplies infilled with a warehouse on Voght and Coldwater. The Garden center also infilled on Voght and what should have been Canford Avenue. The rails were taken out according to policy at the time that enabled the CPR to do that if the sevice was discontinued for 2 years and no one filed a complaint. The Coquihalla highway took up the freight sevice displaced by the lack of rail.

Editors note: Alberta is presently getting ready to deploy rail cars for moving up to 150 thousand BPD of crude. Corridors have abig impact for anykind of tranmission, power, rail. pipelines, roads, etc. The activity is called the Rail Proximity Initative, it is findable on the web PP

On this Day February 28th 1935

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