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Panel allocates $100M for highway, rail improvements
Man, woman hit by train in Encinitas BY CITY NEWS SERVICE A commuter train struck a man and woman who lay down in front of it July 1 on a stretch of tracks near Swami’s Beach in Encinitas in an apparent attempt to commit simultaneous suicide, sheriff’s officials reported. The engineer of the Coaster locomotive saw the pair in his path near South Coast Highway 101 and K Street in Encinitas about 3:15 p.m. while heading south at roughly 50 mph, Deputy Amber Reeves said. The driver activated his brakes and sounded his horn, but the couple did not move and were hit by the slowing train. Medics took them to a hospital for treatment of injuries of undisclosed severity. The case was being investigated as an attempted double suicide, Lt. Eddie Brock said. The incident forced delays in rail service in the area into the late afternoon.
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A March 2016 photo shows a significant increase in sand at an Encinitas beach spot near D Street thanks to a shoreline preservation project.
North Coast beaches are wider thanks to 2012 effort Local beaches that were replenished with sand in 2012 as part of a regionwide shoreline preservation project are on average 33 feet wider and three to six feet higher than in 2009, despite the big waves from the last El Niño winter, according a new study by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. As part of the study, Scripps researchers measured and compared sand levels at several beaches over the past seven years. The baseline year was the winter of 2009-2010, and the most recent measurement was conducted in the winter of 2015-2016. Due to El Niño, the first and last winter seasons included in the study were considered to be the most erosive between 2009 and 2016. “San Diegans and tourists who flock to our shoreline to have fun will enjoy wider and sandier beaches because of the collaborative effort between SANDAG, local cities, and the SEE BEACHES, A17
ATTENTION CAR COLLECTORS
The first phase of the North Coast Corridor Program, a $6 billion investment in infrastructure and environmental improvements along the coast between La Jolla and Oceanside over the next 30 years, should begin construction in late 2016 after the California Transportation Commission voted June 30 to allocate $103.7 million to the San Diego region to extend carpool lanes on Interstate 5 and add a second track to a portion of the coastal rail line in North San Diego County. The funding will enable the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to begin construction on a $700 million package of improvement projects in Encinitas and the surrounding areas. Goals of the projects, acorrding to a news release, include expanding travel
choices by extending the carpool lanes on I-5 from Lomas Santa Fe Drive to State Route 78; increasing the efficiency and reliability of the rail corridor with two double tracking projects across the San Elijo and Batiquitos Lagoons; bike/pedestrian improvements in Encinitas and Carlsbad; upgrading the interchanges at Encinitas Boulevard and Santa Fe with new bike/pedestrian paths and restoring the San Elijo Lagoon, specifically to improve tidal flow and water quality and expand the salt marsh habitat. “This transportation corridor is among the most important assets in our region,” SANDAG Chair and San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chair Ron Roberts said in the release. “Once again, we are pleased that by combining state funding with our local TransNet half-cent sales tax, we are able to move forward with much SEE PROJECTS, A17
RSF murder victims stabbed by aunt BY PAULINE REPARD Irrational fears of financial ruin and emotional pressure may have driven a Clairemont woman to kill her teenage niece and a family friend, then herself, in the girl’s luxury Rancho Santa Fe home, a family attorney said July 1. Sheriff ’s homicide investigators released
autopsy results July 1, that Hannah Arya, 15, and Los Angeles real estate broker Ihnwon Mia Shin, 56, were stabbed to death by Sayeh Amini, 52, who then committed suicide by stabbing or cutting herself. Homicide detective Lt. Kenn Nelson said he plans to explain the events to the victims’ SEE MURDERS, A18
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