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Friday, July 27, 2012

Railway Approval Needed for Amtrak Stop

The West Lake Forest Station would be the line’s only Lake County stop.

Approval of four of the five agencies necessary to make the West Lake Forest Metra Station an Amtrak stop for long distance rail travel has been verbally received. The Illinois and Wisconsin Departments of Transportation, Metra, the City of Lake Forest and Amtrak have granted verbal approval for an Amtrak stop to be added at the West Lake Forest depot, but the project still hinges on the support of Canadian Pacific Railway. “We are very optimistic at this point,” Lake Forest City Manager Robert Kiely said. Canadian Pacific is concerned that adding an Amtrak stop would stress the tracks’ capacity and is looking into how it might affect its freight traffic. While Kiely said he did not have a timeline for when the railroad will make a …

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Metra Metropolitan Rail Passenger Stations, Council OKs Pedestrian Underpass At West Train Station, and Lake Forest Passes Cell Phone Ban Ordinance

Edye Draegert

7:07 am on Monday, October 15, 2012

Great move forward. We look forward to better access to the Hiawatha. Thank you for listening.   more ›

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

City Moves Ahead with Telegraph Road Station Pedestrian Underpass

Expected completion date is December 2014.

Work for Phase 1 of the pedestrian underpass at the Telegraph Road Train Station should begin shortly after the Lake Forest City Council's approval March 5 of a licensing agreement and awarding of the contract to HDR Engineering Inc. Phase 3, estimated to cost $1.8 million to $2.6 million, will begin once all approvals are received from involved parties including the Illinois Department of Transportation, said City Engineer Ramesh Kanapareddy. Engineering work is estimated to be completed by December 2012, with construction finished in December 2014 The project will be paid for with $2 million in state and federal grant funding, with the $225,289 in engineering costs financed through tax increment financing funds. Lake Forest Assistant …

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9:15 am on Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Thanks to the City for going after this project. Recent events have confirmed the need for it.   more ›

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