Moving Forward on the Crossings
As part of our ongoing effort to make sure that the street level crossings are made safe for everyone while the settlement agreement is implemented by the City and CSX, we sent the Streets Department today a list of items that we think are important to be incorporated into the design of the two crossings. These items include keeping the gates in an open position when no train is in the vicinity, making the crossings wider and to install a notification system located at key points inside and outside the Park that could warn park users if a crossing is blocked so they can take alternative routes before arriving at the crossings. These items constitute a "wish list" and we look forward to working them out with the Streets Department as the design gets underway.
As part of that memo, we also asked the Streets Department to finish (in the near term) the surfacing of the crossings between the streets, the trail and the new paving laid down by CSX in early August. If the City can finish the paving, all park users, especially those in wheelchairs and parents pushing strollers, will have good access into and out of the Park.
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