CP Rail Vegetation Management Program to proceed, Working Group to look at possible alternatives

06/14/2017

The Mohawk Council of Kahnaw�:ke (MCK) announced today that the CP Railway Vegetation Management Program will proceed as scheduled after a discussion between representatives of a group of concerned community members and the MCK.

The MCK received a letter last week protesting the spraying of herbicide on the tracks and demanded a healthier alternative be used.

�After meeting with Council Chiefs, Public Safety officials, the Chief Peacekeeper and the representatives, a proposal was put forth to coordinate a working group,� said Rats�nhaienhs Bobby Patton, who holds the Public Safety portfolio for the MCK. �The proposal will be initiated with the end goal of working together to come up with potential, safe and realistic alternatives before next year.�

�The MCK supports the Vegetation Management Program as a matter of safety,� he continued. �In the meantime, the application of the herbicide has not yet taken place, due to the weather conditions. As we�ve stated before, by law this can only take place under ideal conditions, with no rain and winds of less than 8 kilometers-per-hour.�

As per usual practice, the community will be advised when the application of the herbicide will take place.

�We are also in the process of planning to meet with the area residents to discuss this issue directly with them,� he concluded.