Order No. 1998-R-678

November 2, 1998

November 2, 1998

IN THE MATTER OF an application by the ministère des Transports of the Province of Quebec pursuant to section 32 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, to vary Order No. R-8959 of the Railway Transport Committee of the Canadian Transport Commission dated May 28, 1970 to reflect a change in road authority and the associated cost apportionment responsibilities at the road crossing at Tétreault Road (formerly 3rd and 4th Range Road) and mileage 95.03 Sherbrooke Subdivision (formerly mileage 23.59 St. Hyacinthe Subdivision), in the parish of St. André d'Acton, in the county of Bagot, in the province of Quebec.

File No. R 8050/653-095.03


The ministère des Transports of the Province of Quebec (hereinafter the applicant) filed with the Canadian Transportation Agency (hereinafter the Agency) the application set out in the title. The application was received on August 1, 1997.

The applicant has advised the Agency that it is no longer the road authority at the crossing.

The Agency provided an opportunity to the Municipality of Saint-André d'Acton to comment on the proposed change in road authority and no comments were received.

The Canadian National Railway Company has no objection to the change in road authority.

Pursuant to section 2 of the Act Respecting Roads, R.S.Q., 1993, c. V-9, the Government of Québec shall determine by way of an Order published in the Gazette officielle du Québec, the roads which shall be under the management of the Minister of Transport. Any other road which is not under the responsibility of the Government of Québec or a government department or agency shall be managed in accordance with subdivision 22.2 of Division XI of the Cities and Towns Act, R.S.Q., 1993, c. C-19, or as the case may be, chapter 0.1 Title XIX of the Municipal Code of Québec, c. C-27.1.

The applicant has submitted a copy of Order-in-Council 292-93 dated March 3, 1993 which was published in the Gazette officielle du Québec on March 17, 1993, identifying the roads which are under the management of the Minister of Transport. The applicant also submitted a list of road crossings affected by the Order-in-Council and which fall under the management of the municipalities as of April 1, 1993.

The Agency is of the opinion that as a result of the Order-in-Council, Tétreault Road, in the province of Quebec, is now under the management of the Municipality of Saint-André d'Acton.

The Agency has reviewed the submissions filed and has found, pursuant to section 32 of the Canada Transportation Act, that there has been a change in the facts or circumstances pertaining to Order No. R-8959 since it was issued and that this Order should be varied.

Accordingly, pursuant to section 32 of the Canada Transportation Act, Order No. R-8959 dated May 28, 1970 is hereby varied by replacing, in clause 2, "Department of Roads of the Province of Quebec" with "Municipality of Saint-André d'Acton".

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