Grade Crossings Regulations & Grade Crossings Standards Compliance and Protection Measure Protocol.

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Grade Crossings Regulations & Grade Crossings Standards Compliance and Protection Measure Protocol

Overview 67 Public grade crossings on active rail lines in Ottawa The City as Road Authority is responsible for the public approaches to each public grade crossing public grade crossings provide varying levels of protection: Sign control only Flashing lights and Bell (FLB) Flashing lights, Bell and Gates (FLBG) Passive crossings- Protected crossings- Fully protected crossings-

Background The regulations are intended to ensure that a reasonably safe environment exists for persons travelling on road and rail through: establishing enforceable safety standards for grade crossings clarifying the roles and responsibilities of railway companies, road authorities and private authorities promoting collaboration between railway companies and road authorities 1 2 3

GCR and the Road Authority Sightlines New/Existing Public Grade Crossings Design Elements Signs and Pavement Markings Warning System & TCS Interconnection Changes to a Public Grade Crossing Stopping on a Crossing Surface The regulations affect:

Article 102(1) “When a railway company or a road authority undertakes, at a public grade crossing, an activity that could constitute a threat to, or that interferes with, the safety of railway operations, the railway company and the road authority must put in place the necessary protection measures to address the threat or the interference.” “Threats and Interference”

Examples of “Threats and Interference” Sightlines unobstructedSightlines obstructed

Examples of “Threats and Interference” Sightlines unobstructedSightlines obstructed

Examples of “Threats and Interference”

Other possible “Threats and Interferences” Site Visiting a Public Grade Crossing Special Events

How can you secure the protection measures you may need? City of Ottawa Contact Dylan Ridsdale Rail Safety Specialist Extension Cell (613) If I am unavailable, Please contact the appropriate Rail Authority

Nylene Canada- Renfrew Spur Katia Drouin, Rail Term Inc. Cell: (514) Cote de Liesse, Suite 201, Dorval, Quebec, H9P 2R9 Rail Authority Contacts VIA Rail – Alexandria, Beachburg and Smiths Falls Subdivisions Primary Contact: Secondary contact: Derek Tardif, VIA Rail Cell: (514) Office: (514) Place Ville Marie, Suite 500, Montréal, Québec, H3B 2C9 Canadian National Railway – Beachburg Sub and Walkley Line Vincent Rolland, CNR Cell: (514) de La Gauchetière Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3B Capital Railway- Elwood Subdivision Kenneth Morrison, City of Ottawa Cell: (613) Albion Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 2A3

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