The City of Grande Prairie announced that September 15th to 21st will be Rail Safety Week in the municipality.
Rail safety week is intended to improve awareness and educate rail safety around the community, with hopes that it will save lives and prevent injuries in the future.
Canadian National Railway Police Constable AJ Potter says the week is an important reminder that safety isn’t to be ignored when it comes to railway crossings as the consequences can be frankly disastrous.
“We address a lot of trespassing and crossing incidents, that have a negative impact on the health and safety of communities of railroaders of our industry and ultimately the economy. So rail safety week is an initiative we put on every year that’s going to allows us to address the issues and bring attention to the cause and of course that cause is safety for the communities that we live and operate in.”
Potter says it’s imperative for both pedestrians and drivers to always slow down and look both ways when crossing a train track.
