Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

An

ti-W

his

tlin

g o

n S

tou

ffvil

leG

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ine

in the C

ity o

f M

ark

ham

Pro

ject

Up

da

te

De

ve

lop

me

nt S

erv

ice

s C

om

mitte

e

Se

pte

mb

er

22

, 2

01

5

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

Co

nte

nts

1.

Tra

in W

his

tlin

g a

t P

ub

lic G

rad

e C

rossin

gs

2.

Elim

ination o

f T

rain

Whis

tlin

g u

nder

the R

ailw

ay S

afe

ty A

ct,

19

85

3.

Public

Gra

de C

rossin

gs o

n t

he S

tou

ffvill

e L

ine in M

ark

ham

4.

Futu

re S

erv

ice P

lans for

the S

tou

ffvill

e L

ine

5.

Cro

ssin

g S

afe

ty A

ssessm

ent by A

EC

OM

6.

Issues to c

onsid

er

for

Anti-w

his

tlin

g

7.

Cost to

Upgra

de G

rade C

rossin

gs

8.

Experience fro

m o

ther

Onta

rio M

unic

ipalit

ies

9.

Rail

Safe

ty,

Ris

k &

Lia

bili

ties –

pre

sen

tation b

y J

ard

ine

Llo

yd T

hom

pson

10

.S

um

mary

& N

ext

Ste

ps

2

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•T

rain

whis

tlin

g is a

n im

port

ant w

ay t

o k

eep d

rivers

, cyclis

ts a

nd p

edestr

ian

safe

. In

som

e c

ases,

these w

his

tle c

an b

e b

oth

ers

om

e t

o p

eople

liv

ing

nearb

y a

nd m

unic

ipalit

ies m

ay w

ish t

o e

nd the w

his

tlin

g t

o p

rovid

e local

resid

ents

with r

elie

f fr

om

the n

ois

e.

(S

ourc

e: Tra

nsport

Canada w

ebsite:

https://w

ww

.tc.g

c.c

a/e

ng

/rails

afe

ty/r

ails

afe

ty-9

76.h

tml)

•T

he C

anadia

n R

ail

Opera

ting R

ule

s (

CR

OR

) is

a s

et of

opera

ting r

ule

s f

or

railw

ays in C

anada p

urs

uant

to t

he R

ail

Safe

ty A

ct,

1985.

The C

RO

R

require a

ll tr

ain

s t

o w

his

tle w

hen

ever

they a

ppro

ach a

public

gra

de c

rossin

g.

Tra

in W

his

tlin

g a

t P

ub

lic

Gra

de

Cro

ss

ing

s

3

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•T

he C

RO

R h

as a

pro

vis

ion f

or

the e

limin

ation o

f tr

ain

wh

istle.

•T

he “

Pro

cedure

for

Elim

inating W

his

tlin

g A

t P

ublic

Gra

de

Cro

ssin

gs”

is a

8-

ste

p p

rocess t

hat is

consis

tent

with t

he r

equirem

ents

of

section 2

3.1

of

Railw

ay S

afe

ty A

ct,

section 1

04 o

f th

e n

ew

Gra

de C

rossin

g R

egula

tions

(GC

R)

whic

h c

am

e into

effect on N

ovem

ber

27,

2014,

and A

ppendix

D o

f

the G

rade C

rossin

g S

tandard

s.

The G

CR

(2

014)

supers

edes T

ransport

Canada’s

Guid

elin

e N

o.

1:

Pro

cedure

& C

onditio

ns f

or

Elim

inating W

his

tlin

g

at P

ublic

Cro

ssin

gs,

and the M

etr

olin

x’s

Guid

elin

es f

or

Whis

tle C

essation.

•M

etr

olin

x f

ollo

ws t

he f

edera

l-re

gula

ted P

rocedure

although it

is n

ot

a

federa

lly-r

egula

ted r

ailw

ay.

It

is r

egula

ted b

y t

he O

nta

rio M

inis

ter

of

Tra

nsport

ation.

Eli

min

ati

on

of

Tra

in W

his

tlin

g u

nd

er

the

Ac

t

4

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•W

his

tlin

g e

limin

ation is lim

ited t

o w

his

tlin

g a

t th

e p

ublic

cro

ssin

gs.

There

are

oth

er

situations u

nd

er

Section 1

4 o

f C

RO

R t

hat re

quire t

he w

his

tle t

o b

e

sounded,

e.g

. ala

rm f

or

pers

ons o

r anim

als

on o

r near

the t

rack

•T

he r

ing

ing o

f th

e E

ngin

e B

ell

(CR

OR

Section 1

3)

is n

ot

part

of th

e

elim

ination o

f tr

ain

whis

tlin

g

•M

etr

olin

x h

as a

dvis

ed t

hat w

his

tles a

re s

ounded in m

unic

ipalit

ies w

here

elim

ination o

f tr

ain

whis

tlin

g is im

ple

mente

d,

based o

n t

he t

rain

engin

eers

’

sole

dis

cre

tion

•T

he C

N B

ala

Subdiv

isio

n (

Ric

hm

ond H

ill G

O)

curr

ently h

as a

n a

nti-w

his

tlin

g

byla

w,

and w

his

tles a

re n

ot

sounded a

t G

reen L

ane a

nd

Langsta

ffR

oad

•T

he C

N Y

ork

Subdiv

isio

n h

as t

rain

whis

tlin

g a

t th

e 1

4th

Avenue c

rossin

g

Eli

min

ati

on

of

Tra

in W

his

tlin

g u

nd

er

the

Ac

t (c

on

t’d

)

5

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•S

tep

1–

Inte

rest fo

r w

his

tlin

g c

essa

tio

n is

exp

resse

d -

co

mp

lete

d

•S

tep

2 –

Mu

nic

ipa

lity c

on

su

lts w

ith

ra

ilwa

y c

om

pa

ny -

co

mp

lete

d

•S

tep

3–

Munic

ipalit

y issues n

otification a

nd p

ublic

notice

•S

tep

4–

Mu

nic

ipa

lity a

nd

ra

ilwa

y a

sse

ss th

e c

rossin

g(s

) a

ga

inst th

e p

rescrib

ed r

eq

uire

me

nts

in

the

Gra

de

Cro

ssin

g R

eg

ula

tio

ns

an

d G

rad

e C

rossin

g S

tan

da

rds –

su

bsta

ntia

lly c

om

ple

ted

•S

tep

5–

Mu

nic

ipa

lity a

nd

ra

ilwa

y a

gre

e th

at th

e c

rossin

g(s

) m

ee

ts th

e p

rescrib

ed

re

qu

ire

me

nts

of

the

Gra

de

Cro

ssin

g R

eg

ula

tio

ns

an

d S

tan

da

rds -

un

de

rwa

y

•S

tep

6–

Mu

nic

ipa

lity p

asse

s a

re

so

lutio

n d

ecla

rin

g th

at it a

gre

es th

at w

his

tle

s s

ho

uld

no

t b

e u

se

d

in th

at a

rea

, th

ere

by p

roh

ibitin

g tra

in w

his

tlin

g

•S

tep

7–

Ra

ilwa

y c

om

pa

ny n

otifie

s T

ran

sp

ort

Ca

na

da

an

d in

form

s th

e m

un

icip

alit

y w

ith

in 3

0 d

ays

tha

t it h

as a

rra

ng

ed

to

ha

ve

wh

istlin

g c

ea

se

d a

t th

e c

rossin

g(s

)

•S

tep

8–

Mu

nic

ipa

lity a

nd

ra

ilwa

y s

ha

re th

e r

esp

on

sib

ility

fo

r m

on

ito

rin

g a

nd

ma

inta

inin

g th

e

co

nd

itio

ns th

at su

pp

ort

th

e c

essa

tio

n o

f tr

ain

wh

istlin

g a

t th

e c

rossin

g(s

).

8-S

tep

Pro

ce

du

re f

or

Eli

min

ati

on

of

Tra

in W

his

tlin

g

6

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

7

No

. o

f P

ub

lic

Cro

ssin

g:

17

York

Regio

n:

7

City o

f M

ark

ham

: 9

City o

f Toro

nto

: 1

No

. o

f P

rivate

Cro

ssin

g:

1

(at

location #

4)

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•S

touffvill

e C

orr

idor

Rail

Serv

ice E

xpansio

n C

lass E

A (

16 k

m im

pro

vem

ent

from

Scarb

oro

ugh J

unction t

o U

nio

nvill

e G

O s

tation)

–com

ple

ted

•R

egio

nal E

xpre

ss R

ail

(RE

R)

stu

dy is u

nderw

ay t

o p

rovid

e e

lectr

ifie

d

serv

ice

with 2

-wa

y, 1

5-m

inute

serv

ice fro

m U

nio

n t

o U

nio

nvill

e,

and 2

0-

min

ute

serv

ice f

rom

Unio

n t

o L

incoln

vill

e.

This

is p

art

of th

e P

rovin

ce $

16

bill

ion investm

ent

over

the n

ext

10 y

ears

for

transit p

roje

cts

in t

he G

TH

A.

Fu

ture

Se

rvic

e P

lan

s f

or

the

Sto

uff

vil

le L

ine

8

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•A

s p

art

of R

ER

, M

etr

olin

x is u

ndert

akin

g a

num

ber

of netw

ork

-wid

e s

tudie

s:

R

ail/

roa

d g

rad

e s

ep

ara

tio

n

E

lectr

ific

atio

n E

As

E

lectr

ic E

qu

ipm

en

t S

tud

y

F

utu

re s

tatio

n lo

ca

tio

ns

•C

ity o

f Toro

nto

is u

ndert

akin

g a

n a

ddendum

to t

he S

teele

s A

venue G

rade

Separa

tion C

lass E

nvironm

enta

l Assessm

ent,

and w

ill b

e f

ollo

wed u

p w

ith

the d

esig

n.

Me

trolin

x a

nd Y

ork

Regio

n a

re a

lso f

undin

g t

he E

A.

Fu

ture

Se

rvic

e P

lan

s f

or

the

Sto

uff

vil

le L

ine

(c

on

t’d

)

9

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

10

Fu

ture

Se

rvic

e P

lan

s f

or

the

Sto

uff

vil

le L

ine

(c

on

t’d

)

Mo

un

t Jo

y

Lin

coln

ville

Un

ion

ville

Sou

rce:

M

etro

linx

Reg

ion

al E

xpre

ss R

ail

(RER

)

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•A

EC

OM

was r

eta

ined b

y t

he C

ity o

f M

ark

ham

to r

evie

w t

he s

afe

ty o

f th

e

cro

ssin

gs w

ith r

espect

to G

rade C

rossin

g R

egula

tions

for

elim

ination o

f tr

ain

wh

istlin

g.

The s

cope o

f w

ork

is to identify

conditio

ns t

hat

require m

itig

ation

for

elim

ination o

f tr

ain

whis

tlin

g.

The a

ssessm

ent

is b

ased o

n t

he

requirem

ents

stipula

ted in t

he G

CR

and t

he G

rade C

rossin

g S

tandard

s

(July

2014).

•A

EC

OM

als

o m

ade c

ert

ain

recom

mendations a

bove a

nd b

eyond t

he G

CR

and G

rade C

rossin

g S

tandard

s b

ecause o

f M

etr

olin

x’s

and industr

y b

est

pra

ctices.

Cro

ss

ing

Sa

fety

As

se

ss

me

nt

by A

EC

OM

11

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•T

he A

EC

OM

Assessm

ent

report

was s

ubsta

ntially

com

ple

ted in A

ugust

2015,

and it id

entifies m

itig

ations a

re r

equired d

ue t

o:

T

he

ch

an

ge

in

th

e r

eg

ula

tio

ns

T

he

im

ple

me

nta

tio

n o

f a

nti-w

his

tlin

g

•U

nder

the n

ew

Gra

de C

rossin

g R

egula

tions,

the t

imin

g f

or

imple

menta

tion is:

N

ew

cro

ssin

gs o

r m

ajo

r ch

an

ge

s to

exis

tin

g c

rossin

gs n

ee

d to

co

mp

ly w

ith

ne

w R

eg

ula

tio

ns

E

xis

tin

g c

rossin

gs h

ave

to

co

mp

ly w

ith

ne

w R

eg

ula

tio

ns w

ith

in 7

ye

ars

.

•S

taff r

equires f

urt

her

dis

cussio

ns w

ith M

etr

olin

x o

n t

he e

xte

nt

and c

ost

sharing

of

these m

itig

ations.

Cro

ss

ing

Sa

fety

As

se

ss

me

nt

by A

EC

OM

(c

on

t’d

)

12

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•P

edestr

ian s

afe

ty a

t gra

de c

rossin

gs a

nd tre

spassin

g a

long t

he lin

e a

re

impo

rtant is

sues.

•T

here

is a

range o

f safe

ty m

easure

s t

hat can b

e im

ple

mente

d f

rom

full

gra

de s

epara

tion,

physic

al barr

iers

, w

arn

ing s

yste

m,

etc

.

•T

he n

ew

Gra

de C

rossin

g S

tandard

s s

pecify w

hat

min

imum

pedestr

ian

safe

ty f

eatu

res a

re r

equired.

•T

here

are

tw

o c

om

mon types o

f pedestr

ian b

arr

iers

:

Au

tom

atic p

ed

estr

ian

arm

ga

te

M

aze

ga

te (

or

“Z”

ga

tes)

Cro

ss

ing

Sa

fety

As

se

ss

me

nt

by A

EC

OM

(c

on

t’d

)

13

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•A

uto

matic P

edestr

ian L

ights

, B

ells

,

and G

ate

s: curr

ently u

sed a

t M

ain

Str

eet M

ark

ham

, re

com

mended in t

he

Safe

ty A

ssessm

ent

for

McC

ow

an

Road a

nd E

ure

ka S

treet

•E

stim

ate

d c

ost:

$200,0

00 e

ach

(genera

lly r

equires 2

pe

r cro

ssin

g,

i.e.

tota

l =

$400,0

00 p

er

cro

ssin

g)

•C

ity c

osts

= $

400,0

00 (

Eure

ka S

tre

et)

Cro

ss

ing

Sa

fety

As

se

ss

me

nt

by A

EC

OM

(c

on

t’d

)

14

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•M

aze G

ate

s: curr

ently u

sed a

t B

ur

Oak A

venue,

Castlem

ore

Avenue

•R

ecom

mended in t

he S

afe

ty

Assessm

ent fo

r all

cro

ssin

gs w

here

there

are

no e

xitin

g o

r re

com

mended

auto

matic p

edestr

ian a

rm g

ate

s

•E

stim

ate

d c

ost: $

10,0

00 e

ach

(genera

lly r

equires 4

pe

r cro

ssin

gs,

i.e. to

tal cost =

$40,0

00 p

er

cro

ssin

g)

•C

ity c

osts

= $

160,0

00

Cro

ss

ing

Sa

fety

As

se

ss

me

nt

by A

EC

OM

(c

on

t’d

)

15

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•E

xis

ting a

nd F

utu

re t

rain

tra

ffic

on r

ail

line

•E

xis

ting a

nd F

utu

re N

ois

e im

pact

to r

esid

ents

liv

ing n

earb

y

•S

afe

ty,

risk a

nd lia

bili

ty –

see p

resenta

tion b

y t

he C

ity’s

insura

nce b

roker,

Ja

rdin

eLlo

yd T

hom

pson

•L

iabili

ty I

nsura

nce A

gre

em

ent

with M

etr

olin

x a

nd Y

ork

Regio

n

•C

ity’s

share

of

the C

apital costs

to m

itig

ate

conditio

ns identified in t

he

AE

CO

M c

ost estim

ate

, and o

ngoin

g o

pera

ting &

main

tenance c

osts

Iss

ue

s t

o c

on

sid

er

for

An

ti-w

his

tlin

g

16

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•Y

ork

Regio

n’s

Anti-W

his

tlin

g P

olic

y f

or

Tra

ins a

t R

oad/R

ail

Cro

ssin

gs,

Fe

bru

ary

2008 a

nd u

pdate

d 2

009 –

the c

urr

ent

Regio

na

l polic

y p

rovid

es f

or

nig

ht-

tim

e a

nti-w

his

tlin

g o

nly

(10:0

0 p

m to 6

:00 a

m).

T

he r

esid

ents

are

requesting a

nti-w

his

tlin

g f

or

all

train

s.

•T

he R

egio

n’s

polic

y s

tate

s that it w

ill e

nte

rtain

anti-w

his

tlin

g b

y-law

s f

rom

the

local m

unic

ipalit

ies w

ith

diffe

rent

hours

of

restr

ictions

•A

s p

er

the R

egio

nal polic

y, R

egio

n is r

esponsib

le f

or

the c

osts

of

pedestr

ian

gate

s/M

aze g

ate

s if

there

are

pedestr

ians in t

he a

rea o

f th

e c

rossin

g,

and f

or

the r

isk a

nd lia

bili

ty a

t tr

ain

cro

ssin

gs o

n R

egio

nal ro

ads (

7)

•C

ity is r

esponsib

le f

or

the c

ost

of all

mitig

ations m

easure

s,

and t

he r

isk a

nd

liabili

ty a

t tr

ain

cro

ssin

gs o

n C

ity r

oads (

9)

Iss

ue

s t

o c

on

sid

er

for

An

ti-w

his

tlin

g (

co

nt’

d)

17

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•A

s a

separa

te e

xerc

ise f

rom

the A

EC

OM

safe

ty a

udit, A

EC

OM

als

o

pro

vid

ed a

cost estim

ate

on w

hat

safe

ty u

pgra

des a

re r

equired.

•T

he s

afe

ty u

pgra

des c

an b

e d

ivid

ed into

tw

o c

ate

gories:

M

inim

um

up

gra

de

s r

eq

uire

d b

y t

he

Gra

de

Cro

ssin

g R

eg

ula

tio

ns a

nd

Gra

de

Cro

ssin

g

Sta

nd

ard

s

U

pg

rad

es r

eco

mm

en

de

d b

y A

EC

OM

ba

se

d o

n M

etr

olin

x a

nd

in

du

str

y b

est p

ractice

s fo

r a

nti-

wh

istlin

g

18

Co

st

to U

pg

rad

e G

rad

e C

ros

sin

gs

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•In

a p

revio

us r

eport

to D

SC

date

d D

ecem

ber

6, 2011, A

EC

OM

estim

ate

d t

o

imple

ment

anti-w

his

tlin

g m

easure

s f

or

the 1

3 c

rossin

gs in t

he u

rban a

rea is

$3.9

6 m

illio

n w

hic

h inclu

ded d

esig

n/c

onstr

uction f

ees, M

etr

olin

x f

ees a

nd

cro

ssin

g im

pro

vem

ents

.

•T

he p

revio

us e

stim

ate

did

not in

clu

de E

lgin

Mill

s R

oad,

9th

Lin

e a

nd 1

9th

Avenue w

hic

h a

re o

uts

ide t

he u

rban b

oundary

.

•T

he c

urr

ent estim

ate

inclu

des 1

4 c

rossin

gs (

6 R

egio

nal, 7

City a

nd 1

City o

f

To

ronto

), i.e

. E

lgin

Mill

s R

oad,

9th

Lin

e a

nd 1

9th

Avenue a

re n

ot

inclu

ded a

s

they a

re in r

ura

l are

a.

•T

he c

urr

ent

estim

ate

does n

ot

inclu

de d

esig

n/c

onstr

uction f

ees,

Me

trolin

x

fees a

nd c

ontingencie

s.

Sta

ff e

stim

ate

d t

his

com

ponent

will

be a

bout

30%

of th

e c

onstr

uction e

stim

ate

19

Co

st

to U

pg

rad

e G

rad

e C

rossin

gs (

co

nt’

d)

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•P

ropert

y im

pact

and c

osts

cannot

be c

onfirm

ed u

ntil deta

iled d

esig

n is

com

ple

ted.

•C

urr

ent

Estim

ate

(in

clu

din

g 3

0%

soft c

osts

but

no p

ropert

y c

osts

) fo

r 14

cro

ssin

gs a

re;

M

ark

ha

m =

$1

.56

mill

ion

(7

cro

ssin

gs)

$3

.2 m

illio

n

R

egio

n =

$0.9

8 m

illio

n (

6 c

rossin

gs)

$2.0

mill

ion

To

ron

to =

N/A

(1

cro

ssin

g)

Gra

de

se

pa

ratio

n

T

OTA

L =

$2

.54

mill

ion

$5

.2 m

illio

n -

dependin

g o

n fin

aliz

ing w

ork

s a

nd c

osts

•T

he d

iffe

rence in t

he p

revio

us c

ost estim

ate

and c

urr

ent

cost

estim

ate

is

due to the u

se o

f th

e m

aze g

ate

s r

ath

er

than p

edestr

ian lig

hts

, bells

and

gate

s a

t cert

ain

cro

ssin

gs a

s r

ecom

mended in t

he p

revio

us e

stim

ate

.2

0

Co

st

to U

pg

rad

e G

rad

e C

ros

sin

gs

(c

on

t’d

)

Assu

min

gg

ate

s

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•T

he follo

win

g ite

ms a

re r

equired in o

rder

to f

ully

unders

tand t

he f

inancia

l

impa

ct to

the C

ity:

W

ha

t u

pg

rad

es a

re a

sso

cia

ted w

ith

wh

istlin

g c

essa

tio

n o

nly

C

larifica

tio

n w

ith

th

e R

eg

ion

re

ga

rdin

g th

e n

igh

t tim

e a

nti-w

his

tlin

g p

olic

y

Y

ork

Re

gio

n fin

an

cia

l co

mm

itm

en

t

W

ha

t u

pg

rad

es w

ill M

etr

olin

x b

e r

esp

on

sib

le fo

r a

s p

art

of th

e R

ER

in

ita

tive

T

he

Sa

fety

Asse

ssm

en

t id

en

tifie

d c

ert

ain

ra

il cro

ssin

g c

on

tro

l b

oxe

s (

bu

ng

alo

ws)

imp

act th

e

sig

ht lin

e b

ut n

o c

ost e

stim

ate

wa

s p

rovid

ed

to

re

ctify

th

is issu

e. R

esp

on

sib

ility

of

imp

rove

me

nts

(ro

ad

au

tho

rity

vs. ra

il a

uth

ority

) n

ee

ds to

be

co

nfirm

ed

C

osts

an

d r

esp

on

sib

ility

of a

nti-w

his

tlin

g w

ork

s b

etw

ee

n M

ark

ha

m, Y

ork

Re

gio

n a

nd

Me

tro

linx

P

ote

ntia

l in

su

ran

ce

pre

miu

m in

cre

ase

21

Co

st

to U

pg

rad

e G

rad

e C

ros

sin

gs

(c

on

t’d

)

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

Ex

pe

rie

nc

e f

rom

oth

er

On

tari

o M

un

icip

ali

tie

s

22

•W

his

tle C

essation im

ple

mente

d o

n c

ert

ain

lin

es/c

rossin

gs

C

ity o

f M

ark

ha

m (

Ric

hm

on

d H

ill L

ine

), C

ity o

f B

arr

ie, C

ity o

f B

ram

pto

n, C

ity o

f M

ilto

n, C

ity o

f

Ott

aw

a, To

wn

of R

ich

mo

nd

Hill

, C

ity o

f To

ron

to, C

ity o

f B

rockvill

e (

pre

vio

usly

24

ho

ur

bu

t

red

uce

d to

10

PM

to

6 A

M a

fte

r a

n a

ccid

en

t), To

wn

of

Wh

itch

urc

h-S

tou

ffvill

e, To

wn

of

Ingers

oll,

City o

f V

aughan,

•M

unic

ipalit

ies t

hat did

not

Support

Whis

tle C

essation

C

ity o

f V

au

gh

an

(n

o n

ew

cro

ssin

gs u

ntil in

ve

stig

atio

n o

f O

tta

wa

in

cid

en

t is

co

mp

lete

d),

To

wn

of B

rad

ford

We

st G

will

imb

ury

, C

ity o

f C

larin

gto

n, To

wn

sh

ip o

f C

ram

ah

e, To

wn

of In

nis

fil,

To

wn

of A

uro

ra, To

wn

of N

ew

ma

rke

t

•W

his

tle C

essation u

nder

Investigation

C

ity o

f M

ark

ha

m (

Sto

uffvill

e L

ine

), T

ow

n o

f W

hitch

urc

h-S

touffvill

e, To

wn

of In

ge

rso

ll, C

ity o

f

Bra

dfo

rd, C

ity o

f K

ing

sto

n, C

ity o

f S

t. C

ath

arin

es.

•C

ity o

f O

ttaw

a incid

ent

(VIA

Rail

and tra

nsit b

us c

olli

sio

n),

Septe

mber

2013

W

aitin

g fo

r T

ran

sp

ort

ation

Sa

fety

Bo

ard

(T

SB

) in

ve

stig

atio

n r

ep

ort

.

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

23 23

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

24

24

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

25

25

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

26

26

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

27

27

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

28

28

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

29

29

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

30 30

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

31 31

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

3232

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

33

33

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

34

34

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

35 35

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

36 36

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

37 37

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

38 38

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

39 39

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•R

esid

ents

near

railw

ay t

racks h

ave o

ngoin

g c

oncern

s w

ith t

rain

whis

tles f

or

15

train

s p

er

day (

7 s

outh

bound a

nd 8

nort

hbound)

•T

he n

um

ber

of

tra

ins w

ill incre

ase o

n t

he S

touffvill

e L

ine u

nder

the R

ER

and

resid

ents

’ concern

s r

ega

rdin

g a

nti-w

his

tlin

g w

ill inte

nsify:

b

etw

ee

n U

nio

n a

nd

Un

ion

vill

e: 1

5-m

inu

te fre

qu

en

cy; ±

50

tra

ins

b

etw

ee

n U

nio

nvill

e a

nd

Lin

co

lnvill

e: 2

0-m

inu

te fre

qu

en

cy,

an

d h

ou

rly s

erv

ice

fo

r M

idd

ay,

Eve

nin

g

an

d W

ee

ke

nd

. ±

40

tra

ins

•C

onsultant

pre

limin

ary

estim

ate

for

work

s a

s $

2.5

4 m

illio

n t

o $

5.2

mill

ion

(inclu

des 3

0%

soft

costs

, but

not

pro

pert

y a

cquis

itio

n)

for

overa

ll cro

ssin

g

upgra

des. T

his

estim

ate

needs t

o b

e c

onfirm

ed.

•C

ost sharing b

etw

een M

ark

ham

, Y

ork

Regio

n a

nd M

etr

olin

xneeds t

o b

e

finaliz

ed

Su

mm

ary

40

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•T

here

is c

urr

ently n

o f

undin

g f

or

imple

menta

tion o

f anti-w

his

tlin

g

•Y

ork

Regio

n h

as a

n A

nti-w

his

tlin

g P

olic

y w

hic

h w

ill a

ssum

e c

ert

ain

co

sts

and

liabili

ties o

n R

egio

nal ro

ad c

rossin

gs.

Cla

rification is r

equired r

egard

ing n

ight

tim

e c

essation v

s. diffe

rent

hours

of re

str

iction

•C

ity’s

insura

nce a

gent

has identified s

afe

ty,

risk a

nd lia

bili

ty c

oncern

s

•C

ity s

taff is c

oncern

ed w

ith r

isk, lia

bili

ty a

nd c

apital cost

implic

ations

Su

mm

ary

(c

on

t’d

)

41

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•M

etr

olin

xw

ill b

e r

equire

d t

o a

ddre

ss g

rade s

epara

tion a

nd s

afe

ty m

easure

s a

s

part

of

the R

egio

nal E

xp

ress R

ail

pro

ject,

inclu

din

g c

apital costs

and r

isk

implic

ations,

whic

h w

ould

reduce t

he R

egio

n’s

and M

ark

ham

’s f

inancia

l

exposure

•F

rom

a p

ublic

safe

ty a

nd r

isk m

anagem

ent

pers

pective,

it a

ppears

pru

dent

for

Mark

ham

and t

he R

egio

n t

o c

ontinue w

ith c

urr

ent

whis

tlin

g m

easure

s a

t th

is

tim

e

•C

ity s

taff w

ill w

ait f

or

the o

utc

om

e o

f th

e n

egotiation w

ith

Metr

olin

x a

nd r

evie

w

of fu

ture

mitig

ation o

ptions

Su

mm

ary

(c

on

t’d

)

42

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Jo

urn

ey t

o E

xcell

en

ce

•F

inaliz

e s

afe

ty a

udit a

nd c

apital costs

for

anti-w

his

tlin

g

•N

egotiate

with M

etr

olin

x o

n p

art

ners

hip

and f

inancia

l contr

ibution a

s p

art

of

the R

egio

nal E

xpre

ss R

ail

pro

ject

to f

und c

osts

of upgra

des a

nd a

nti-

wh

istlin

g

•C

onfirm

with Y

ork

Regio

n r

egard

ing f

undin

g a

nd a

ssum

ption o

f lia

bili

ties a

t

Regio

nal ro

ad c

rossin

gs

•R

evie

w M

etr

olin

x’s

Lia

bili

ty I

nsura

nce A

gre

em

ent

with t

he C

ity’s

Legal

Depart

ment

Ne

xt

Ste

ps

43

Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

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