Railroad, City Officials Seek to Improve Train Crossing Safety
Look at installing fencing, cracking down on trespassing.
Installing fencing along the railroad tracks from Woodland Road north past Lake Forest High School, along with stricter pedestrian enforcement around railroad crossings, are some of the suggestions coming from a group composed of Lake Forest officials and representatives from Union Pacific and Metra railroad companies. The group, which had not met for a year, reconvened April 26 to consider creating some proposals in conjunction with other initiatives launched in the wake of the deaths of three Lake Forest High School students hit by trains since January. Two of the three incidents were ruled suicides by the Lake County Coroner’s Office. On May 3, half of the group also observed pedestrian behavior around the East Lake Forest Train Depot, …
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Katharine Christie
12:14 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Let's not loose sight of the fact that--- engaging in action that may end one's life is not really a "choice" as we typically describe it. One of the things I've learned since we've lost 3 beloved members of our community - is that young people are impulsive risk-takers whose brains have not fully developed to truly understand concepts like the future and consequences of actions. If we add to the… more ›