Canadian National Railway (CN) idalandila magiredi otsika kwambiri pakukhazikitsa njira zoyendetsera chitetezo (SMS) zomwe zidapangidwa kuti zithetse ngozi ndi ngozi zina zachitetezo, malinga ndi lipoti lotulutsidwa ndi Standing Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities on Rail Safety in. Canada.

Chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa ngozi zaposachedwa zapanjanji ku Canada m'zaka zingapo zapitazi zomwe, malinga ndi Komitiyi, zadzetsa "zovuta" za "kufa kwa anthu ndi kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe," lipotilo linatchula CN chifukwa cha nkhawa zingapo zachitetezo zomwe zimaphatikizapo kulephera. kuyankhulana pakati pa oyang'anira akuluakulu ndi ogwira ntchito patsogolo pa kufotokoza momveka bwino kudzipereka kwa oyang'anira pachitetezo, maphunziro ochepa kwa ogwira ntchito omwe angolowa kumene komanso kupanga "chikhalidwe chamantha" kwa ogwira ntchito pankhani yopereka lipoti lopanda chilango pazophwanya chitetezo.

Komitiyi inatsindika kuti ili ndi nkhawa kwambiri zokhudzana ndi kuchedwa komanso momwe ma SMS agwiritsidwira ntchito ndi njanji. Pamlingo wa 1 mpaka 2, ndi zisanu kukhala mulingo wabwino kwambiri, CN inali pamlingo wa XNUMX kapena XNUMX. "Izi siziri, m'malingaliro athu, kupita patsogolo kovomerezeka," lipotilo lidatero.

Bungwe la Advisory Panel for Railway Safety Act Review, lomwe linakhazikitsidwa February watha, linanena kuti CN pamodzi ndi njanji zina ndi Transport Canada sanapite patsogolo mokwanira kuti akwaniritse cholingachi ndipo adanena kuti chitetezo sichinakhale "chofunika kwambiri pa njanji. .”

"Izi zikudzetsa nkhawa kwambiri zachitetezo cha CN," atero Purezidenti wa Barrington Village Karen Darch. "Canadian National ikufuna kuchulukitsa kuchuluka kwa magalimoto pamasitima aku US m'madera aku US panthawi yomwe ikuyang'aniridwa kwambiri kuseri kwake."

Zotsatirazi zimabwera pamene CN ikukumana ndi chitsutso chowonjezereka kuchokera kumagulu ammudzi ndi akuluakulu osankhidwa, kuphatikizapo Senator Barack Obama, Senator Dick Durbin ndi Congressman Melissa Bean omwe amatsutsa kugula kwa Elgin, Joliet ndi Eastern Railway (EJ & E) ndi CN. Barrington Communities Against CN Rail Congestion and The Regional Answer to CN (TRAC) imayimira zofuna za ma municipalities oposa dazeni atatu, zigawo ndi magulu ena ammudzi. Mgwirizanowu ukutsimikizira kuti kuchuluka kwa magalimoto onyamula katundu kudzadzetsa chitetezo chowonjezereka komanso kuwopsa kwa chilengedwe ndikuloza zomwe lipotilo lidapeza ngati umboni ku zomwe akunena.

"CN iyenera kuyimbidwa mlandu ndikufotokozera momwe idzapangire chitetezo kukhala chinthu chofunikira kwambiri izi zisanachitike," atero a Meya a Thomas Weisner waku Aurora. "Ndi udindo wa STB kuwunika mozama zomwe zapezazi musanasankhe tsogolo la kugula uku."

"Kutsatira mosamalitsa kwa CN ku njira yozikidwa pa malamulo, yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri kulanga anthu akalakwitsa, kwapangitsa 'chikhalidwe cha mantha ndi chilango' ndipo chikutsutsana ndi machitidwe ogwira ntchito otetezera chitetezo," adatero Advisory Panel. "CN iyenera kuvomereza izi poyera ndikuchitapo kanthu kuti zitheke."

Lipotilo, lomwe linatulutsidwa mwezi watha, limapereka malingaliro kwa mabungwe onse oyendetsera boma ndi makampani a njanji za momwe angasinthire mbiri ya chitetezo cha makampani.

"Canadian National ikufuna kumanga njanji yayikulu kudutsa m'madera athu koma malinga ndi lipoti laposachedwa liyenera kuletsedwa kukulitsa ntchito zilizonse zaku US mpaka itatsimikizira kuti yadzipereka kugwira ntchito moyenera komanso moyenera," malinga ndi DuPage County Board. membala Jim Healy.

CN inali pakati pa makampani angapo a njanji ndi magulu a anthu okhudzidwa kwambiri kuphatikizapo ogwira ntchito, osamalira zachilengedwe ndi anthu onse omwe adachita nawo kafukufukuyu. Komabe, CN idaunikiridwa kwambiri chifukwa chakulephera kuthana ndi zovuta zachitetezo kuyambira pomwe njanji zidafunikira zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazo kuti agwiritse ntchito ma SMS.

M'mwezi wa June, mamembala amgwirizano adapempha atsogoleri a Congression kuti akhazikitse malamulo oti awonjezere malamulo amakono a njanji kuti awonetse zosowa za anthu m'zaka za zana la 21st. Pakadali pano U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) ikuwunikanso zomwe CN akufuna kupeza EJ&E. STB ili ndi mphamvu zovomereza, kukana kapena kuvomereza kugulidwa kumeneku mwangozi.