Rail Bypass

• Quebec couple fight to keep home expropriated for Lac-Mégantic rail bypass

  The federal government expropriated the couple's home in 2023 to divert trains from the community's downtown after the 2013 rail disaster.

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2025
  
• Ottawa to expropriate land for rail bypass in Lac-Mégantic

  Several groups that are opposed to the railway bypass say they are displeased with the federal government's decision and are studying legal options.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2023
  
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• 5 years after Lac-Megantic tragedy claimed 47 lives, $133M rail bypass to be built

  The Quebec and federal governments say they will jointly fund a rail bypass in Lac-Megantic, nearly five years after 47 people were killed when a train derailed and exploded in the town.

  Canada

  May 11, 2018
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• Lac-Mégantic residents call on Trudeau to move forward on rail bypass

  Some Lac-Mégantic residents say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has failed in what they call his moral obligation to have a rail bypass built around the Quebec town.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2016