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CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW WESTMINSTER
BYLAW NO. 7698, 2014
A bylaw to regulate the sounding of train engine whistles at specified railway/roadway
at-grade crossings in the City of New Westminster pursuant to the Railway Safety Act
[SBC 2004] Chapter 8 and the Railway Safety Adopted Provisions Regulation (B.C. Reg
210/2004).
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9 (1) of the Railway Safety Act [SBC 2004], the
Province of British Columbia may adopt by regulation provisions of the Railway Safety
Act (Canada);
AND WHEREAS pursuant to Section 3 of the Railway Safety Adopted Provisions
Regulation (B.C. Reg 210/2004) the Province has wholly adopted the provisions of
Section 23.1 of the Railway Safety Act (Canada);
AND WHEREAS pursuant to Section 23.1 of the Railway Safety Act (Canada), a
municipality may by resolution declare that train engine whistles not be used in a
specified area within a municipality;
AND WHEREAS Council deems it desirable that railways cease the sounding of train
engine whistles at the railway/roadway at-grade crossings listed in Schedule "A"
attached hereto;
NOW THEREFORE the City Council of the Corporation of the City of New Westminster
in open meeting assembled HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. Railways are relieved of the obligation under the Canadian Railway Operating
Rules for the sounding of train engine whistles at all railway/roadway at-grade
crossings in the City of New Westminster, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3 of the Railway Safety Adopted Provisions Regulation (B.C. Reg
210/2004) and, Section 23.1 of the Railway Safety Act (Canada).
2. This By-law shall come into full force and effect on the day upon which the BC
Safety Authority or Transport Canada confirms in writing that the railway/roadway
at-grade crossings listed in Schedule "A" meet the safety and technical standards
required for cessation of train engine whistling in accordance with the provisions
under the Railway Safety Act [SBC 2004] Chapter 8 and the Railway Safety
Adopted Provisions Regulation (B.C. Reg 210/2004) and, Section 23.1 of the
Railway Safety Act (Canada).
3. This By-law may be cited for all purposes as the "New Westminster Train Whistle
Cessation Bylaw 7698, 2014."
Adopted August 25, 2014
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SCHEDULE "A"
Rail Level Crossings where the Railway Companies and their train crews are
relieved from the responsibility for sounding train engine whistles:
RAILWAY
SUBDIVISION
MILEAGE
HIGHWAY
SRY Rail Link
Marpole Spur
15.14
Twentieth Street
SRY Rail Link
Fraser Valley Sub
0.06
Begbie Street
SRY Rail Link
Queensborough
Branch
0.30
Quayside Drive
SRY Rail Link
Queensborough
Branch
0.69
Port Royal
SRY Rail Link
Annacis
Connector
0.07
Ewen Avenue at
Furness Street
SRY Rail Link
Annacis
Connector
0.21
Ewen Avenue at
Mercer Street
SRY Rail Link
Annacis
Connector
0.34
Ewen Avenue at
Stanley Street
SRY Rail Link
Annacis
Connector
0.63
Salter Street