Dangerous Goods Study Close

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The City of Prince George expects to start a dangerous goods transportation study soon.  "We have all the building blocks in place" says Glenn Stanker,   Transportation Engineer with the City.

Stanker says plenty of reports had to be done before they could move on developing a dangerous goods route. "We have already completed a general trasnportation study,  and reports on cycle and pedestrian traffic, identified the collision hot spots throughout the City and we have a report on Downtown traffic."   Stanker says all of the studies have impact on developing a dangerous goods route. 

"One of the reports we needed to wait for was the  storm management plan"  That report  is necessary says Stanker because in the event of a roll over of dangerous chemicals you need to know the chemicals will not find their way into wells or  the rivers.

Now with all the blocks in place he says  the City can take the next step which would be to put out a call for a request for proposals. "This will be a highly technical,  very sophisiticated study" says Stanker.  Although City staff are qualified and could do the work, he says City Staff are very busy keeping up with the day to day business.

The City has budgeted $60,000 for the Dangerous Goods Transportation study.

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