Clearlogic Consulting is going to bat for the the residents of Gogama after two winter train derailments.

Gogama Residents’ Committee member, Dawn Simoneau says they don’t have an elected officials, like a mayor, to speak on the residents behalf and wanted someone who could clearly map out their concerns.

“We have a local service board, who’s been doing a great job but we wanted someone with experience to clearly compile our concerns moving forward”

“What we’ve done is give the residents a survey with key questions like ‘How did the derailement affect your family and Gogama?’ or ‘What else needs to be done do keep Gogama safe?’  Clearlogic will present the report on Saturday after which well pass it on to MPs, MPPs and CN Rail.”

Simoneau adds, Gogama is getting a bad reputation for being covered in oil which isn’t the case.  She says the town relies heavily on summer tourism dollars and they want to restore their reputation.

The two derailments occurred February 14th and March 7th, 2015.