Omnitrax says it won’t pay for rail repairs in Churchill, Manitoba
CHURCHILL, Man. — Omnitrax says the flooded-out rail line to Churchill, Man., could be fixed before this winter, but the company won’t be putting up the money to do it.
Omnitrax officials said Tuesday the price tag for the repairs would be between $20 million and $60 million and the work would take 60 days, starting at the beginning of September and finishing at the end of October — if no major issues arise.
But they said Denver-based Omnitrax has already put more than $75 million into the track — the only route into the community by land — between 1997 and 2015.
“We just can’t make sense out of investing more money into this railway,” said spokesman Peter Touesnard.