Quebec town votes against Lac-Megantic rail bypass project as expropriations loom
Residents of a Quebec town have voted overwhelmingly against a rail bypass project that would divert trains aroundThe neighbouring municipality ofconfirmed that 92.5 per cent of eligible residents opposed the project in a referendum held Sunday.
The federal and provincial governments have long promised to fund the bypass to divert trains away from Lac-Mégantic, after an unattended freight train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in the heart of downtown in July 2013.
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