Sentences with phrase «dangerous tank cars»
Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said about 5,000 of the most dangerous tank cars will be pulled off the tracks within a month, part of a series of measures in response to recommendations by the Transportation Safety Board in the wake of last summer's deadly derailment and fire in Lac Megantic, Que.
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Concerns about the safety of DOT - 111 tank cars date back to the mid-1990s, when the Transportation Safety Board recommended Transport Canada «take immediate action to further reduce the potential for the accidental release of the most toxic and volatile dangerous goods transported in Class 111A tank cars.»
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada also recently released a new set of recommendations, related to its Lac - Megantic investigation, to improve oversight of dangerous routes and replace aging railway tank cars.