Chatham-Kent has won a victory against Canadian Pacific – Kansas Railway.
The Ontario Drainage Referee has ruled the railway must pay for drainage work along its railway line.
For railway refused to pay for municipal drainage work.
The Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA), which presented impacts to rural municipalities as a legal intervenor, said in a press release that the ruling is “an important milestone.”
ROMA chair Christa Lowry said its argument in favour of Chatham-Kent showed compelling evidence that the corporation was systematically disregarding laws that have governed drainage in Ontario for 150 years,
“Through collaboration with many rural municipalities, we illustrated the financial, economic, and environmental impact of this behaviour on rural communities,” ROMA said in a news release.