Please find below Interim Orders issued by the Canadian Ministry of Transport regarding limitations of hazardous materials transport in the vicinity of Vancouver, Canada during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.  The order will be effective January 26 until March 3, 2010.  The limitations do prohibit the transport of certain hazardous materials (Class 1.1, Class 1.2, Class 1.5, many Class 7 materials, and any dangerous goods which require an emergency response assistance plan per TDG regulations) and provide limitations for other materials as well.  The areas of concern are also defined in the Order.  Both English and French translations are provided.

Click here for English translation

Click here for French translation

Thanks to Dave Evans with Purolator for providing this information.

This information can also be found on the Olympics 2010 page of the COSTHA website at -

http://www.costha.com/information-and-resources/Olympics2010.cfm

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