Whereas:

Heavy freight trains regularly pass through downtown Langley City and the rural Township, blocking the streets and causing intolerable traffic chaos with idling vehicles polluting the air.

The railway companies intend to increase the length of these trains to 3.7 kilometers and to further increase the frequency of the trains.

The railway companies plan to install double tracking.

The increased number of trains will block the main streets and core of Langley, each train blocking a number of rail crossings for periods of 10 to 15 minutes.

This will put into further jeopardy the lives of citizens requiring fire and ambulance vehicles.

This will negatively affect local merchants, restaurants, tourism, air quality, home values and quality of life in Langley.

This will make Langley an unsafe and undesirable place in which to visit, live, commute and work.

Therefore:

Be it resolved that all parties involved make the extraordinary effort required to reroute all heavy freight trains out of downtown Langley and back into the historic rail corridor located south of the Fraser River.

This move will take a combined effort of heroic proportions by all parties involved. But the time is ripe for change and spending measures to boost Canada's economic outlook through the construction and relocation of rail traffic and the smooth flow of Canadian goods to BC ports for export abroad.

BE A HERO. GET THE TRAINS OUT OF DOWNTOWN LANGLEY