Plan has drawn pushback from residents of neighbouring towns, where some citizens would see their land cut in two by the proposed bypass route
Residents of a Quebec town have voted overwhelmingly against a rail bypass project that would divert trains around Lac-Megantic, where a freight train derailment killed 47 people nearly 10 years ago.
The federal and provincial governments have long promised to fund the bypass to divert trains away from Lac-Megantic, after an unattended freight train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in the heart of downtown in July 2013.
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