The town of Lac-Mégantic is lawyering up after the railway behind the derailment ignored pleas to reimburse the $4 million spent on cleaning up.
Mayor Colette Roy-Laroche said the town was forced to dig deep into its pockets when the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway didn't front the cost of cleaning up the millions of litres of crude oil and debris from the July 6 disaster.
The town was left with few options when some of the contractors hired by the MM&A threatened to walk out because the company hadn't paid them.
The mayor sent a lawyer's letter to the MM&A on Tuesday, asking the company reimburse the town. The letter made other demands, including a detailed cleanup management plan.
But yesterday's 12 p.m. ET deadline for the company to reply has come and gone without a response from railway officials.
"I wish the company would behave like a good corporate citizen," said Roy-Laroche.
She said the cost of the cleanup is too high for the town of 6,000 people.
"The town of Lac-Mégantic on its own cannot afford to pay for these costs, which are only the beginning," Roy-Laroche said.
The community has received a combined $120 million in aid from the federal and provincial governments, which helps for the time being.
Expenses are bound to increase as the environemtal impact of the disaster becomes clear.
"It's impossible to know the extent of the damage," the mayor said.
The town is working closely with Quebec's Environment Ministry to deal with the contamination and find solutions.
On Monday, the ministry revealed that 5.7 million litres of light crude oil had spilled into the water, air and soil of Lac-Mégantic.
The 72 train cars were carrying 100,000 litres of oil each — or 7.2 million litres in total — when the train derailed and caused multiple fatal explosions at the centre of town.
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