Quinte West Council has agreed to continue to allow train whistles at a busy crossing in the city, but that doesn’t mean the issues is dead in its tracks.
Residents in the Brookshire Meadows subdivision continue to be vocal about the disruptions caused by the whistles and want a stop whistle order put in place.
But councillors agreed with the public works committee on Monday, that it’s better to be safe than sorry and allow the train whistles to continue at the 2nd Dug Hill Road crossing.
They also said that perhaps more research should be done before making a final decision.
Councillor Dave McCue tells Quinte News he’s in favour of a no whistle order, but only if it’s safe and he wants to hear directly from CN representatives about that.
Mayor Jim Harrison agreed that safety is the top priority.
Councillor Al DeWitt also noted that there has been no official position from the city’s solicitor about where liability would fall in case of an incident on the tracks, with a stop whistle order in place.
Staff is set to bring back information on that, as well as a request for CN Rail to make a presentation, at a future meeting.
