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Ordinance committee forwards Glen Street rail‑separation plans to full council
Summary
The Ordinance Committee voted to send layout and alteration plans for a portion of Glen Street to the full Lawrence City Council with a favorable recommendation. The state-funded project would move active rail off the traveled way, narrow the roadway and shorten a lengthy crosswalk.
The Lawrence City Ordinance Committee voted unanimously Jan. 28 to forward layout and alteration plans for a portion of Glen Street to the full City Council with a favorable recommendation.
Dan McCarthy, Lawrence planning director, presented the plan, saying the work would remove freight rail tracks from the middle of Glen Street that run through the industrial park and relocate the line onto an elevated right-of-way off the public travel lanes. “This is the freight rail line that ... serves the industrial park,” McCarthy said,…
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