City addressing railway crossings that fall short of new federal regulations
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City hall is taking another step to ensure all of the railway crossings in Winnipeg comply with updated federal safety standards before a 2021 deadline.
A formal request for proposals was issued recently by the City of Winnipeg for a professional consulting services contract that involves safety assessments on all 209 railway crossings in the city and developing a three-year work plan to address safety deficiencies at the crossings based on urgency and severity. The RFP closes at noon June 14 and the city expects to award the contract by July 13.
The winning bidder is required to present the city with a draft report by Oct. 31 and a final report Dec. 14.
The contract was prompted by upgrades to the federal Railway Safety Act, which included new grade-crossing regulations and standards. Municipalities were required to compile an inventory of all crossings through their communities by Nov. 27, 2016 and to comply with the new safety standards by Nov. 27, 2021.
Local consulting firm MORR Transportation Consulting was earlier given a $94,282 contract to compile the railway-crossing inventory. That report, was presented to the city in March 2017 identified crossings and assessed how each complied with safety standards for sightline obstructions.
The new federal regulations impact design, construction and maintenance of a road approach, traffic-control devices, design of a crossing surface and sightlines of the crossing.
The report found:
• 57 crossings have sightline obstructions that need to be addressed by Nov. 27, 2021.
• 105 crossings “violate” federal grade-crossing requirements for either road gradient or crossing angle. The report said these don’t need to be improved but the work on the other 57 can’t result in the conditions of any of these 105 from getting worse.
The next contract will expand on the work done by MORR and allow the city to meet Transport Canada’s deadline to have the work completed.
aldo.santin@freepress.mb.ca
