Franklin Park gets $8M from federal government to fix train crossings

'It's been a few minutes. The train is gone. Are we waiting for another train?'

Plagued for more than a decade with issues at their train crossings, suburban Franklin Park finally got the attention of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

A train has been stopped for 10 minutes and there's no sign of starting up any time soon and traffic is backing up. The average time these crossings are blocked is more than 35 minutes, every day. Mayor Barrett Pedersen shared this video with us showing a group of kids from the nearby high school climbing underneath the stopped train to cross the tracks.After years of studies, letter writing, and pushes from lawmakers the probable got the attention of the federal government which is now pledging $8 million to build an underpass.

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