By Staff
July 5th, 2023
BURLINGTON, ON
There is something about the way people gather together to bring about change.
Residents who live in Aldershot close to the rail line have said they are tired of noises and vibrations from the CN shunting yard.
Location of the CN shunting yards and homes that have had to put up with the noise.
They have a meeting with Burlington MP Karina Gould on the site. First – Good on Gould for accepting the invitation. Sure it will be a photo op but a Cabinet Minister has clout and can call meetings with the railway people.
In an article that appeared in the Aldershot Insider, a community run web site where ideas are passed around and notices of events posted the following appeared.
Diesel engines move box cars from location to location to put together
ARE YOU TIRED OF NOISES AND VIBRATIONS FROM THE SHUNTING CN YARD (TRAINS)?
ARE YOU TIRED OF THE BUMPING BETWEEN TRAINS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT??
FOR ALL OF YOU LIVING ON THE TRACK SIDE ARE YOU TIRED OF THE MESS?
WE ALL KNOW WE CAN’T STOP CN OR THE TRAINS BUT WE CAN GET THE CITY AND OUR MP TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF CN TO REDUCE THE SHUNTING AND CLEAN THEIR MESSES. WE ALL PAY TAXES LIKE ALL THE OTHER RESIDENTS IN BURLINGTON, WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PAIN.
SHUNTING YARD SHOULD NOT BE IN RESIDENTIAL AREA.
The profits are in the number of box cars that can be included in a train – not the kind of thing you want to come across at a railway crossing.
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday July 26th, 2023, 5:00 PM at 333 Enfield Road.
The meeting will take place outdoors allowing everyone to hear the shunting noise
Buy a condo near a railway line ,expect noise .Obviously buyers did not do their research
The railroad was there long before those new condos.