Niverville Manitoba - The Town of Niverville has been given the green light to install pedestrian crossings over the train tracks at PR 311.
 
Niverville Mayor Myron Dyck says with the new high school set to open on the west side of the tracks this fall, town council has been diligently working with the Hanover School Division to figure out how to get students to school safely.
 
"It has taken us some doing to get a hold of the people we needed to at Canadian Pacific (CP), we finally have, and they have been great to deal with. We have been given the green light now to go ahead with being able to put sidewalks on both sides of PR311 so we will have a sidewalk on both the north and south side of the street."
 
Dyck says the project will cost the Niverville a total of $80,000 but the town will not be doing the work.
 
"They will be doing the work to make sure that their rail beds aren't compromised and everything like that, it is obviously a safety thing for them. We are still asking for crossing arms and lights and things like that. Those are things that are done through Transport Canada and we have put a grant request in. We will know maybe March 2020 if we can see it enhanced further."
 
In addition to putting in pedestrian crossings, Dyck says CP will also be rebuilding the entire crossing which will significantly improve the intersection for vehicles as well.
 
Kenton Dyck.