WAKING UP at three in the morning to the grating
strains of a nearby train whistle is no fun.

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Especially when the whistle
toots continue on and off
for up to an hour-and-a-half.

Ask Tom Graves of 930
East Fourth Street in North
Vancouver. Graves says he’s
a “fairly heavy sleeper.”’ But
when the CNR decided six

sleep became just a memory

for Graves and = near-by ©

residents.

“*P’ve been living there for
eight years. The RT
(Railway Transport Commis-
sion) decided all of a sudden
to enforce this rule that they
weren’t enforcing before,’’
said Graves.

“From 11 to one o’clock
it’ be bad. And then it'll
pick up around 3:30 and go

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for another hour-and-a-
half.”” So,

ves was at last Mon-
day’s North Van City council
ameeting. - Council voted
unanimously.to have Mayor
Jack .Loucks request a
Cook (North Vancouver-
Burnaby), Senator Ray Per-
vault, and Minister of
Transport Lioyd Axworthy
to discuss the whistle
problem.

In October .council asked
the CNR to provide a crew
member to control train traf-
fic at the Neptune crossing.

Council passed a resolu-
tion that said ‘‘the distur-
bance of the whistles (was)
causing serious health

Council agendas

N.VAN CITY COUNCIL,
Monday 7:30 pm: Site for
future Museum and Archives
building / Hosting of 1991
Pan American Games /
1986 and 1987 B.C. Summer
and Winter Games / City
Emergency Plan.

WEST VAN COUNCIL,
Monday 8 pm: Reconvened
public hearing and public
meeting on self-serve gas bar
and convenience store,
1613-15 Marine, followed by
second and third readings of
required rezoning bylaw /

Bicycle safety / North Shore
Tenants Association / Road
closure, Argyle Avenue (6490
Wellington) / Fire Depart-
ment capital budget request

/ 1991 Pan American Games
/ Sunset Marina lease / Rec
Centre capital budget re-
quest.

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But according to a City i i
staff report, a CNR represen-
tative later advised that hav-
ing a crew member to signal
traffic would be contrary to
the Railway Act, which says
that waffic at public cross-
ings must be controlled by
mechanical ‘‘signalization or
by trains whistling.”’

The report_also said the
Workers Compensation
Board might dispute a claim
in the event that a signalman
was hurt at the crossing, ac-
cording to the CNR
representative.

““They’re (CNR) looking
after their people. But we’ve
got to look after our peo-
ple,” said Stella Jo Dean.
**There are people that have
phoned to say they can’t
sleep — they’re on sleeping
pills. Many of them are quite
il. Some of them have
already sold their houses.

“*I} say this isn’t , good
enough. We're asking these
people to suffer... because
the CNR is worried about
putting in a train. crew
member,’’ said Dean.

In 1975, City council pass-
ed the ‘‘Sounding of Train
Whistles Prohibition By-
Law.”’ But at the time, the
Neptune crossing was
sidered to be a private
ing, and was exempt
being covered by ¢ -law.

Now according to‘the City
staff report, the Canadian
Transport Commission says
the crossing is a public one,
and in addition it must be
whistled by. train crews, as
stipulated in the Railway Act. ©

Although North Van City
can now enact its by-law, the

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until a mechanized railway
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take at least 12 months after
the order has been given, ac-
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