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Thursday, April 29, 2010

City Police Taking Part in Rail Safety Week












It's Rail Safety Week and City Police are joining with NB Southern Railway to remind drivers and those walking near them to be careful.


Sargeant Jeff LaFrance is head of the Traffic Unit and says one of the problem area's is the tracks near Ashburn Lake Road and Rothesay Avenue where vehicles line up and get stuck on the tracks with no where to go if a train is coming.


LaFrance says one of the solutions is working with City Hall to synchronize the railway and traffic lights so that when a train is coming, the traffic lights will turn green which enables vehicles to get off the tracks.