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Marois wants federal government to pay for relocating Lac-Megantic rail line
NOTRE-DAME-DES-BOIS, Que. – Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois is insisting the federal government pick up the complete tab for moving a rail line that cuts through Lac-Megantic.
Forty-seven people were killed and most of the community’s downtown was destroyed last July after a fuel-laden train derailed and exploded.
Marois says moving the rail line falls under federal jurisdiction.
She is estimating the cost of relocating the train tracks at as much as $175 million.
The PQ leader made the comments as she announced her party’s candidate for the local riding in the April 7 election.
The federal government has agreed to a 50-50 split with Quebec on the cleanup costs.
Ottawa pledged $95 million last November to help pay for decontamination of the disaster scene, an amount that was on top of $60 million promised earlier in the year.
The total cost of the catastrophe is still being determined and the governments estimate it will be years before a final figure is reached.
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