METUCHEN The movement to fix the ongoing problem with trucks striking the Main Street Amtrak railroad bridge, which has an 11-foot, 2-inch clearance, began with a call from a borough police officer to the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority.

We looked at the crash data and conversations began with Middlesex County, which is responsible for the roadway, said Christine Mittman, manager of safety programs for local project development at North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA). From that, we developed an application and the project moved into the program.

A total of 444 crashes occurred during a five-year period. More than 24% of all crashes occurred along Main Street and 64% of the 444 crashes occurred at four particular locations intersecting Main Street Route 27/Middlesex Avenue with 110 crashes, Pennsylvania Avenue/North East Corridor (NEC-Amtrak Bridge) with 57 crashes, Woodbridge Avenue Train Station/Post Office with 57 crashes and Amboy Avenue with 61 crashes.

The borough saw 55 bridge strikes at the NEC-Amtrak underpass from 2012-16.

To help with the ongoing problem that has plagued the borough for years, the borough is in receipt of a $9.3 million grant from the NJTPA to the County of Middlesex, which borough officials announced in January 2018.

The grant for the project is through the NJTPAs fiscal year 2017-18 local safety program, which is federally funded in conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). It is funded through the Federal Highway Administrations Highway Safety Improvements Program, which advances safety improvements on county and local roadways.

Representatives from NJTPA, Michael Baker International, engineering and consulting firm based in Pittsburgh, and Middlesex County hosted a virtual public information center meeting on Oct. 7 to inform local residents, officials and businesses of the safety improvement project along Main Street between Talmadge and Brunswick avenues.

The project is in its preliminary design phase, which is expected to be completed by winter 2020-21.

The grant includes funding $800,000 for design and $8-$9 million for construction and construction inspection services, Mittman said.

The funds will be used to support Metuchens efforts to improve public safety, pedestrian safety, traffic signals and eliminate trucks from striking the Main Street railroad bridge, which is overseen by Amtrak, NJ Transit, the county and the borough.

The approved project will cover a 1.1-mile stretch of Main Street and is one of 14 throughout the state, but the only one approved in Middlesex County.

When looking at the entire borough there are only three streets that provide any significant north-south mobility, Brad Miller of Michael Baker International said. Right in the middle is Main Street, the longest [roadway] that provides access from north down to Route 287, Route 1 and indirectly to the New Jersey Turnpike. Its a significant corridor that draws a variety of significant types of traffic and different types of needs.

Representatives from Michael Baker International said each section of Main Street is unique and needs its own improvements. Work is expected to begin at the intersection of Talmadge Avenue with a gateway type improvement letting motorists know they are entering into a downtown area.

Infrastructure improvements to address the bridge strikes call for the implementation of a pole-mounted overheight vehicle detection system, which identifies and diverts overheight vehicles at selected intersections to suitable alternative routes with electronic and static Overheight Vehicle and Low Clearance signage and Bridge Ahead signs.

The improvements are proposed at eight locations southbound at Elm Avenue, Durham Avenue, Highland Avenue, Hillside and New Streets, northbound at Spring Street, Amboy Avenue, Clinton Place, Woodbridge Avenue.

Improvements to the underpass itself include the railings, retaining wall, sidewalk, lighting and storm drainage.

Other improvements along Main Street include new and upgraded traffic signal infrastructure Main Street at New Street and Hillside Avenue with upgraded equipment, Main Street at Woodridge Avenue with a proposed new signal, Main Street at Amoy Avenue with upgraded equipment and Main Street at Brunswick Avenue and Myrtle Avenue with a proposed new signal.

Up to five new or upgraded flashing pedestrian beacons are proposed. A proposed new rectangular rapid flashing beacon (RRFB) are proposed for Main Street at Elm Avenue, Main Street midblock between Highland Avenue and Hillside Avenue/New Street, Main Street midblock between Charles Street and East/West Walnut Street and upgrades to the existing RRFB at Main Street and Lincoln Avenue.

All upgrades will be made to Americans Disabilities Act (ADA)/Public Rights-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG) standards.

Main Street is too narrow for dedicated bicycle lanes or paths, officials said. Proposed plans call for a shared-lane design with the proposal of sharrow symbols every 100 feet, which are already on Amboy and Woodbridge avenues.

Curb extensions are proposed in front of the Forum Theater in efforts to bolster the area in the future as well as the bus stop locations along Main Street and in front of St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral.

Main Street, also known as Route 531, serves as the boroughs downtown commercial business area. It is one of the main arteries feeding traffic in and out of the borough. The corridor sees significant pedestrian traffic and includes a NJ Transit rail station.

The corridor is ranked 13th on the NJTPAs list of high-crash pedestrian corridors in the county. The intersection of Main Street and Amboy Avenue is ranked ninth on the list of high-crash pedestrian intersections in the county.

After the completed preliminary design, the next steps include NJDOT approval of the environmental document by fall 2021, authorization to commence final design by spring 2022, anticipated federal authorization to construct by winter 2022-23, construction to begin by spring 2023 and construction substantially completed by winter 2023-24.

The presentation made at the meeting on Oct. 7 is on the boroughs website at http://www.metuchennj.org.

Written public comment and suggestions can be sent to Ron Sendner, county engineer with the Office of Engineering, NJDOT up to Oct. 30. A suggestion form available at http://www.njtpa.org/Get-Involvded/Info-Resources/Calendar/2020/October/Public-Meeting-Metuchen-Safety-Improvements.aspx can be sent to 75 Bayard St., New Brunswick 08901 or emailed to Ronald.Sendner@co.middlesex.nj.us or faxed to 732-745-8852.

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Sorry, bikers and walkers, we dont know how long youll have to go around.

Denver Parks and Rec have known their timber retainers keeping dirt from collapsing onto the South Platte River Trail by Vanderbilt Park have been a problem. Deputy Executive Director Scott Gilmore said the department closed the bike and pedestrian trail south of the Santa Fe Drive overpass about a week ago to bore some holes and check on the soil stability there.

Clearly that is not very stable, because during the boring the soil shifted and pushed the wall out further, he told us.

Their attempt to see if the trail was safe made things worse, possibly doing what time and weather would do eventually. Right now, the wooden retaining wall curves over the trail like a Thanksgiving belly over a belt. It doesnt look like extreme danger, but the infrastructure is now in enough disrepair that Gilmore said he doesnt know when the trail will reopen.

Weve always known this was going to be an extensive section of the trail to improve, Gilmore said.

He said it could cost as much as $9 million to make a permanent fix, if not more. And doing work in that section of trail is tricky because CDOT has domain over Santa Fe Drive, which speeds by just past the bowing timbers.

Gilmore said the city will begin exploring temporary fixes, but Parks and Rec would really like to do something for the long haul. And its not just about a busted wall. The trail there is just 8 feet wide, and Gilmore said 12 feet is really the standard.

Parks, like every other city department, is wrestling with a recession-era budget. Gilmore said the city has about $3 million allocated to do something, but it could be challenging to shore up more cash to get it done.

For now, bikers and walkers will have to cruise Jason Street, on the west side of Vanderbilt Park, and reconnect with the trail where it meets Huron Street. There is no timetable for when theyll get to return to the rivers edge.

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Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor Oldcastle SW Group Inc. have completed the project to repair and make safety improvements on Colorado Highway 145 and U.S. Highway 550 in Dolores, Montezuma and Ouray counties.

The project, completed ahead of schedule and under budget, has preserved the structural integrity of the highways with the repairs and reconstruction of retaining systems at the roadways shoulder edges. The work zones and work items included:

Colorado Highway 145, mile point 24.5, about 12 miles north of Dolores in Montezuma County. Work involved a deep patch repair of the roadway and installation of a new rock buttress that provides slope stability underneath the roadway.Guardrail replacement on Colorado Highway 145 about 3 miles north of Rico in Dolores County. Work involved removing the existing retaining wall material below the edge of the roadway, installing micropiling and concrete pile caps with new backfill material to secure the slope, and followup highway surface repair.Guardrail replacement on U.S. Highway 550, MP 90, 2 miles south of Ouray in Ouray County. Work involved retaining wall removal and replacement of two failing roadway sections with a crib wall system; follow-up highway surface repair and installation of new inlet and drainage culvert.For more information, visit http://www.codot.gov/projects/co145-us550-patchwallrepair.

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Land hurdles end, project resumesThe underpass project at the busy Kundalahalli junction, which is under construction currently, is expected to be ready by February next year. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has come up with a four-month action plan to complete the work which was halted due to land acquisition hurdles, including the acquisition of around 24 properties at a cost of Rs 42.51 crore.

BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad on Thursday inspected the work along with zonal engineers. He promised to take custody of around 33,654 square feet of land, required for building service roads on both sides of the underpass, in a weeks time. The junction will have a 10-metre wide service road. The work was taken up in February last year but the project suffered delays due to confusion over acquiring properties two or three times the guidance value.

The civic body conducted rate negotiation meeting with the land owners on January 3, 2020. The owners apparently did not agree to the offer of compensation of 1.63 times of the guidance value. A second meeting with owners was held on February 24. Both the parties agreed for two times the guidance value. This translates to Rs 42.51 crore for acquiring 33,654 square feet of land.

The service roads will be widened after the land acquisition is completed. The work requires about a weeks time

N Manjunath Prasad, BBMP Commissioner

Between October 15 and February 15, the main carriageway of Old Airport Road at the junction will be closed. Motorists, however, will have wide service road for commuting towards Marathalli or Whitefield. While the busy junction will soon go signal-free, Old Airport Road is unlikely to be eased any time soon as there are several intersections that clog the busy road.

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The Pontoon Beach Police Chief Chris Modrusic and his officers, with some Illinois State Police assistance, apprehended and rescued three individuals after a stolen car chase at the Chain of Rocks Bridge area on Tuesday.

The driver of the vehicle earlier crashed into another vehicle at Gateway and Illinois Route 111 and left the scene of the accident with their hood up. The car fled the scene and Pontoon Beach was contacted to stage and await the vehicle. Once the vehicle was close to the Chain of Rocks Bridge, it caught fire in front and eventually stopped on the bridge. The three involved jumped out of the vehicle and attempted to flee from officers, and the two males appeared to scale a 30-foot retaining wall and were both injured. A woman also was injured after attempting to flee the vehicle.

One person was airlifted from the scene and the other two were transported to an area hospital for emergency care.

Modrusic said his department will prepare charges for the Madison County State's Attorney's Office from Tuesday's chase and series of events. He said a 45-caliber-gun holster was found, along with a bulletproof vest and narcotics. The handgun had not yet been located, Modrusic said. He wondered if the weapon had been tossed into the river.

The police chief praised the work of his department and law enforcement in handling this particular case.

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HERE is a round-up of the most important planning applications put forward in the Stroud District this week.

All of the applications can be viewed via the planning section of Stroud District Councils website.

CONVERSION AND UPGRADE OF EXISTING OUTBUILDING TO ANNEXE FOR ELDERLY RELATIVE AT STARSMEAD FARMHOUSE, HARESFIELD, GL10 3EG.

Application number: S.20/2130/FUL

Status: Awaiting decision

ERECTION OF TWO DWELLINGS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS ON LAND AT 331 WESTWARD ROAD, EBLEY.

Application number: S.20/2119/FUL

Status: Awaiting decision

ERECTION OF POLY TUNNEL AT STROUD SLAD FARM, SLAD LANE, STROUD.

Application number: S.20/2106/AGR

Status: Awaiting decision

CONSTRUCTION OF RETAINING WALL TO CREATE TWO NEW PARKING BAYS (PRIVATE USE), INSTALL AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINT AND REBUILD THE COLLAPSING PARKING BAY OPPOSITE SOUTH VIEW COTTAGE, AT BOX COTTAGE, DOWNEND, HORSLEY.

Application number: S.20/2100/FUL

Status: Awaiting decision

NEW DWELLING ON LAND AT 4 FOXES DELL, FOREST GREEN, NAILSWORTH.

Application number: S.20/2081/FUL

Status: Awaiting decision

COVERED OUTDOOR SEATING AREA IN CONNECTION WITH AN EXISTING RESTAURANT, AT AMALFI RESTAURANT, 16 THE OLD CROWN, MARKET STREET, NAILSWORTH.

Application number: S.20/2064/FUL

Status: Awaiting decision

ERECTION OF A SHIPLAP SUMMER HOUSE AT SPRING CORNER, ROCKNESS HILL, NAILSWORTH.

Application number: S.20/2061/CPL

Status: Awaiting decision

A FREESTANDING ADVERTISING SIGN MOUNTED ON STEEL POSTS AT STONE CRICKET CLUB, SWANLEY, ALKINGTON, BERKELEY.

Application number: S.20/2011/ADV

Status: Awaiting decision

PROPOSED ERECTION OF 6 X 15 METRE FLOODLIGHT MASTS AT HAMFIELDS LEISURE, HAMFIELD LANE, BERKELEY.

Application number: S.20/1907/FUL

Status: Awaiting decision

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Only if you were living under a rock in 2015 could you have missed then-Mayor Mitch Landrieus proposal which generated no shortage of headlines, discussion and, in some quarters, outrage to remove three prominent Confederate monuments and the White supremacist Liberty Monument from the New Orleans landscape.

And not even under-rock dwellers could have avoided the extended public kerfuffle when those monuments came tumbling down in 2017.

Reader Karen Plauche, however, is curious about another conspicuous but architecturally significant Confederate landmark spared by Landrieus efforts.

That would be the 129-year-old Memorial Hall, the castle-like structure at 929 Camp St. housing Louisianas oldest museum and home to one of the largest collections of Confederate artifacts in the country.

Plauches question: Was the unique building that houses the Confederate museum built for that purpose, or did it have another use originally? Whats its story?

The answer to the first question is easy: Yes, it was indeed built as a Confederate museum.

A portrait of Frank T. Howard as published Jan. 8, 1891, in The Daily Picayune. Howard provided the funding for Memorial Hall, an annex of the Howard Memorial Library on Camp Street, for use as a Confederate museum.

As for the rest of its story, that will take a little more time.

It starts with New Orleans philanthropist Frank T. Howard, who in 1881 had completed work on the Howard Library, built in memory of his father, businessman Charles T. Howard, on a parcel adjacent to the future site of Memorial Hall.

(That site, incidentally, is but a stones throw from Lee Circle, giving the museum a front-row seat to the 2017 removal of the citys once-iconic Robert E. Lee statue.)

Given his fathers fascination with the Civil War, the younger Howard invited Confederate veterans to house their personal artifacts uniforms, flags, guns, books, maps and the like in the Howard Library. The collection quickly grew, and plans were put in motion to build an annex next door to house them all.

That annex would be Memorial Hall, completed in 1890 25 years after the end of the Civil War and smack in the middle of the Lost Cause era, during which the Confederate struggle was held up as heroic and righteous.

Designed by prominent New Orleans architect Thomas Sully, the one-story brick building, which includes a basement, was constructed in the same Richardson Romanesque style as the Howard Library and originally consisted chiefly of one long main room, measuring about 96 feet long, 24 feet wide and with a 24-foot high ceiling.

Its outer walls are of pressed brick, ornamented with richly carved semi-glazed terracotta trimmings, while the retaining wall and steps are of Long Meadow brown stone, reads the successful 1975 application to have the building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Some buildings are eye-catching because theyre so grand. Others are eye-catching because theyre unique. Still others stand out simply becaus

Also located on the buildings front is a two-story octagonal tower and an ornate entrance portico lined by columns and topped with a variation of a cross patte, a version of which would later become the model for the Southern Cross of Honor Medal awarded by the Daughters of the Confederacy.

Inside, the buildings vaulted cathedral ceiling, highlighted by exposed trusses, was lined with various Confederate banners, according to a description published in The Times-Picayune upon the buildings opening. Its interior walls are still lined with panels of polished cypress.

Right away, the building became a magnet for meetings and reunions of Confederate veterans. Most notably, the remains of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis having been exhumed from Metairie Cemetery and headed for reburial in Richmond lay in state at Memorial Hall for a day in May 1893, drawing throngs of mourners and sightseers.

Meanwhile, the museums collection continued to grow. By 1887, it warranted construction of an upper gallery running the buildings length, according to the National Register application.

While it is recognized as architecturally significant, the building has been the subject of repeated ownership disputes over the years, most recently involving the University of New Orleans.

Upon its dedication on Jan. 8, 1891 not coincidentally the 75th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans it was donated by Howard to the Louisiana Historical Association, the group formed to operate the museum, for its perpetual use.

It was 1881, and cotton was king throughout the South and particularly in New Orleans.

But in the 1990s, UNO came into possession of the original Howard Library building after the library moved to Tulane Universitys campus. It claimed rights to the hall, because its an annex of the library building, and expressed its desire to evict the museum.

Complicating matters was the fact that Memorial Hall essentially bisected UNOs Ogden Museum of Southern Art, which occupies the former Howard Library building now the Patrick F. Taylor Library on Memorial Halls southernmost side and the Goldring building on Memorial Halls north side.

A bitter, back-and-forth legal battle has since thawed. Today, the bigger threat to Memorial Hall and its collection is probably perception, with many casting a jaundiced eye at what is often seen as a glorification of the Confederacy and its racist roots.

For now, however, the museum and the historic building housing it remains.

Know of a New Orleans building worth profiling in this column, or just curious about one? Contact Mike Scott at moviegoermike@gmail.com.

Sources: The Times-Picayune archives, National Register of Historic Places.

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Derbyshire County Council usually spends around 23million a year on road maintenance and improvements.

This year extra money has been pledged by the government for road maintenance, including potholes, and the council has successfully bid for a further 5million for retaining wall and drainage works on the A6 between Matlock and Whatstandwell.

More than 3million will be spent on vital maintenance work on bridges and retaining walls, with 21 sets of traffic lights that are nearing the end of their working lives being replaced.

To prevent accidents more than 1million will be spent on road safety schemes, such as putting down skid resistant surfaces or changes to road junctions.

And two roads currently closed because of landslips will be repaired Lea Road near Cromford and Abney Clough in the High Peak.

Work by specialist contractors starts this month, with the roads expected to re-open by the end of the year.

Derbyshire County Councils cabinet member for highways, transport and infrastructure, councillor Simon Spencer, said: This investment in our road network will make a significant difference to everyone who lives, works or travels through Derbyshire.

Im delighted that the government has recognised the need for additional funding and also that weve been successful in bidding for extra money for specific schemes.

It all adds up to a huge investment in our roads.

To help deliver the work the council are about to start a recruitment drive for civil engineers.

Skills in design, scheme delivery, maintenance and more are all needed at a variety of different level from managers to civil engineering technicians.

More information about becoming a civil engineer and the jobs available can be found by logging on to derbyshire.gov.uk/civilengineeringjobs.

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THE suburbs of Kenny Hills and Damansara Heights may share the same adjective prime but the similarities end there.

Kenny Hills and Damansara Height are vastly different. Beginning with the land, land price is determined by size, according to an agent who declined to be named, .

The land size in Damansara Heights is between 5,000 to 15,000 sq ft; the average is about 7,500 sq ft.

At an average price of about RM600 per sq ft, the average land price in Damansara Heights is about RM4.5mil, minus the building.

In Kenny Hills, the average land price is about RM300 per sq ft but the average land size is about 30,000 sq ft, which translates to RM10mil.

So, it is all a matter of averages, when you see the land price like that. The building price comes next. Building materials cost is the same, so that is a constant, whether you build in Kenny Hills or in Damansara Heights, on flat land or others. So we have to talk about the variables.

No two pieces of land, even in the same location, are the same. So there are different prices. The price of a house is determined by the buyer and seller, and this is affected by circumstances like market sentiments and Covid-19, as is the case today. Income levels and the confidence of the buyer/seller are other factors. But these are not important. What is important is what is the average price? And how much a buyer wants the house, he says.

The other difference is the look and feel of both locations.

To use an analogy, figuratively, a small house in a big garden is what sets Kenny Hills apart from Damansara Heights big house in a small garden.

There are about 120 freehold units in Kenny Hills, which is also known as Bukit Tunku. It is different from the adjacent Taman Duta, which is mainly leasehold. There are a lot more units in Damansara Heights, so the density is higher there than in Kenny Hills. An acre may have eight units in Damansara Heights versus two in Kenny Hills.

Anything coming from a developer will not give the Kenny Hills impression because the real Kenny Hills is 30,000 sq ft or more of land with an individual house with more than 20,000 sq ft of gentle rolling greens, or a slope of green vegetation with trees that may have been there for close to 100 years or more.

This vast gentle or slopping contours, and with a single house sitting on it, is what sets it apart from all other prime suburbs in the city.

So, if a developer comes along, bulldozes all the trees, and puts up a retaining wall to maximise land use, and carves the land into little plots, the spirit and feel of Kenny Hills will go missing.

In Damansara Heights, you can hear your neighbour. In Kenny Hills, the people dont want to see their neighbour, he says.

The infrastructure like width of roads are also affected by the slopes in Kenny Hills. So, the infrastructure there is unable to handle the density that is a familiar theme in Damansara Heights. This is a natural factor of Kenny Hills.

This explains why the average land price may be RM300 per sq ft because much of the land may be on slopes. But there are some plots that are able to command a higher price because of the land terrain. So, there is a big price range in terms of land prices; the variables go up and down from the average RM300 per sq ft.

Both Kenny Hills and Damansara Heights have empty nesters. Their children may be abroad and they want a modern new lifestyle. One may need thousands of ringgit in order to maintain the garden, the trees, have security or hire some guards and other outgoings to keep the place in order.

In a nutshell, both Kenny Hills and Damansara Heights have three issues empty nesters, security and culture. Culture is not definitive, class even less so.

Class is culture that takes years to build. You cannot have class without culture. You may have culture, but you may not have class.

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New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) announced on Oct. 1 that a settlement resolving charges against Landmark Americana bars in Glassboro and Ewing, stemming from two fatal accidents involving patrons in 2018 and 2019, was signed.

The settlement is a global resolution of numerous charges filed against corporate entities held by Antonio Cammarata, Fillippo Cammarata, Massimo Cammarata and David Goldman.

Together, these individuals have liquor licenses for Landmark Ewing, Landmark Glassboro and WineWorks liquor store in Evesham under various corporate names.

According to a consent order with the ABC, this settlement entails an agreement to sell the liquor license for the Landmark in Glassboro within two years and pay $550,000.

The consent order contains several restrictions aimed to curtail patronage of Landmark in Glassboro. The settlement does not include the Landmark Liquor store.

The consent order states the following restrictions on the Landmark in Glassboro: a last call at 11:30 p.m. and no alcoholic beverages sold after midnight, no amplified music or live DJ on-site, a ban on using the nightclub room except for private parties not open to the general public or dining and a ban on offering patrons one free drink as a goodwill gesture or offering coupons, tickets or tokens to redeem a free drink.

Additionally, it requires all alcoholic beverages to be sold, delivered and dispensed following industry standards: a five-ounce pour for wine, a 12-ounce bottle or can for malt beverages and a 16-ounce draft pour for malt alcoholic beverages.

According to the press release, the charges listed numerous violations committed in both establishments in 2018 and 2019, including operating a public nuisance requiring law enforcement responses on multiple occasions, serving an underage patron and three separate instances serving intoxicated patrons, two of which led to fatal crashes.

On Oct. 11, 2019, Robert Gallagher, 21, of Monroe Township left Landmark Glassboro after hours of drinking, lost control of his car and crashed into a retaining wall.

Gallagher died as a result of his injuries, and his passenger was injured. At the time of the incident, Gallagher had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit for driving.

Gallaghers death came just ten months after a similar incident occurred at Landmark Ewing, which resulted in the arrest of 22-year-old David Lamar of West Windsor on Dec. 2, 2018.

Like Gallagher, Lamar was driving with a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit after leaving Landmark in the early hours. According to the press release, Lamar crashed head-on into a car carrying six The College of New Jersey students back to campus, which killed the cars designated driver and wounded all five passengers, one critically.

Lamar and his passenger also sustained injuries in the crash. Facing charges including manslaughter, Lamar was released on house arrest in January 2019 until his trial.

These cases illustrate why liquor licenses must be responsible in their service of alcohol to all patrons, not just drivers, Acting Director James B. Graziano of the ABC said. Both of these bars not only over-served the drivers in these fatal crashes; in two instances, they over-served the victims. These were patrons whose judgment became so impaired they willingly got into cars driven by someone they knew had consumed considerable amounts of alcohol, which resulted in their deaths.

The ABCs investigation revealed that in both cases, the Landmark staff over-served Lamar and Gallagher. State law prohibits licensed establishments from selling alcoholic beverages to any patrons actually or apparently intoxicated.

Today we are holding the owners of Landmark Americana responsible for the role they played in the tragic deaths of two young people, who we allege would be alive today if not for the irresponsible conduct of Landmark Americana and its staff, Graziano said. These deaths are a grim reminder of what can happen when establishments fail to comply with laws requiring them to serve alcohol responsibly, especially when catering to young patrons in a college setting.

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