SAN FERNANDO VALLEY : Officials to Consider Fences to Cut Metrolink Fatalities
Prompted by a rash of Metrolink fatalities in the San Fernando Valley, county transportation officials are scheduled Wednesday to consider a proposal to install two miles of wrought-iron fencing along tracks in Sylmar, San Fernando and Pacoima.
A March 5 Metrolink accident that took the lives of a teen-age San Fernando couple--the sixth and seventh deaths since the commuter service began in October--added urgency to consideration of the proposal, which will be presented to a committee of the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, officials said.
In addition to fencing along the tracks from Astoria Street in Sylmar to Vaughn Street in Pacoima, the proposal asks the Finance and Programming Committee to approve about $800,000 to install warning signs and build trenches and intensify an educational program.
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