Train collision with pedestrian once again cuts off access to Maple Crest neighbourhood – Edmonton

A pedestrian was hit by a prepare on a set of tracks that runs by way of a southeast Edmonton neighbourhood Tuesday morning.

Edmonton police requested drivers to keep away from the world close to Maple Street and eight Avenue till additional discover, as police examine the collision between a prepare and a pedestrian.

It’s not know when the individual was hit or how in depth their accidents had been.

The Edmonton Police Service main collision investigation unit was on scene and as of publishing, the prepare was at a standstill on the tracks, blocking the street out and in of the Maple Crest neighbourhood.

Maple Crest entry considerations

For years, an absence of emergency entry has annoyed residents of the neighbourhood.

It sits on a pie-shaped sliver of land in southeast Edmonton, flanked by Whitemud Drive to the north and Anthony Henday Drive to the east and south. The closest main street to the west is 17 Avenue, however attending to it requires crossing CN Rail tracks.

A number of instances lately, residents have noticed ambulances, hearth vans and different emergency automobiles caught on the prepare, unable to entry the neighbourhood.

There may be an unpaved secondary entry street to the south of the neighbourhood, which connects to Meridian Avenue and on to 23 Avenue — nonetheless, it’s lengthy and winding, and in addition crosses the identical prepare tracks about two kilometres to the south.

When requested in January 2020, the corporate behind the Maple Crest growth stated it’s conscious of the complaints.

Dream Development Edmonton said it plans so as to add a brand new connection to 23 Avenue when the group grows – saying at the moment it will be inside the subsequent three years.

— Extra to come back…