Public Relations and
Advertising Department
Windsor Station Montreal Que. H3C
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Volume 11
Number 15
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Nov. 18,
1981
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Information Meetings Held
on Rogers Pass Project
Morrie
Zaitlin
 Vancouver - CP Rail has completed a series of public information
meetings about its plans for the Rogers Pass grade improvement project.
The $500 million project will include driving the longest railway tunnel in the
western hemisphere - 9.01 miles. It also calls for another tunnel one mile long, 11
new bridges, and 21 miles of new track.
From mid-September to the beginning of October, almost 3,000 people
visited the CP Rail information centres set up at Revelstoke, Golden, Calgary, and
Vancouver. The exhibit featured an 18-minute videotape detailing
environmental, technical, and financial aspects of the construction job.
INFORMATIVE
Because the capacity improvement work will take place mainly within Glacier National
Park boundaries CP Rail has been working with environmental consultants and parks
personnel to minimize the impact of the project on the environment during
construction and afterwards during railway operations.
The exhibit material, including area maps, charts, and large scale photographs, was
designed to be both informative and interesting. A specially-designed
booklet on the construction project was prepared and other related literature was
available to the public.
Canadian Pacific engineering and public relations personnel were on hand at the
information centres to answer questions.
The display opened in Revelstoke 16 Sep 1981. More than 800 people,
including many local CP Rail employees, took the opportunity to browse through the
exhibit area. Glen Swanson, CP Rail Pacific Region assistant general manager,
operation and maintenance, Mike Wakely, special projects engineer and Peter Holubar,
project supervisor, were peppered with questions on the tunnel job.
WELL ATTENDED
Revelstoke Mayor Al McCaskill, who is also a CP Rail employee, and area member of
parliament Sid Parker, came to the showings, along with representatives of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, United Transportation Union, Parks Canada, and
local media.
In Golden, B.C., the turnout to the public information days was again good. Almost
700 people visited the information centre, including 14 classes from Golden Senior
Secondary School.
The exhibit was then packed up, and moved to Calgary, where another 800 people came
to see the presentation.
MEDIA ON HAND
Railway customers and senior officers from both the CTC and Parks Canada attended a
private session. Reporters from both Calgary newspapers were present and local
CBC-TV morning show hostess, Liz Pommer, interviewed Glen Swanson.
The exhibit was then moved to Vancouver. Close to 600 people came by to watch the
film clip, examine the photographs and maps, and ask more questions. Guests included
train buffs and pensioners, business people, housewives, children, and journalists.
Officials from the CTC, Transport Canada, and various provincial ministries were on
hand.
The Vancouver media was well represented at the centre's first day in Vancouver and
a special report on the project was broadcast on CTV television's nation wide
"Canada A.M." show.
This CP Rail News article is copyright 1981 by
Canadian Pacific Railway and is reprinted here with their permission. All
photographs, logos, and trademarks are the property of the Canadian
Pacific Railway Company.
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