04-17-2015, 10:19 AM
(04-17-2015, 10:04 AM)clasher Wrote:(04-17-2015, 09:46 AM)BuildingScout Wrote: and the only way to achieve this is a six foot fence?
Well a couple chains strung along steel posts aren't going to do the trick. Four foot iron picket fences are pretty easy to hop too so I can understand why safety people would recommend a 6 foot fence since there are less people that are going to try and climb over it. Since the only casuality of building a six foot fence would be a ruined view I am not sure why it is such a big deal, I mean there's already barb-wire chain link fence on the other side of this trail and it's pretty easy to plant some bushes and vines along that kind of fence to soften the "industrial" feel of such installations. Probably cheaper than building a really fancy wrought-iron style fence. The zoo fence looks okay when it's broken up with some shrubs and whatnot. Most people probably don't even notice it.
The rail industry gets a lot of flack every time someone is killed by a train so I can understand why they would recommend a bigger fence along a really busy pedestrian trail beside a busy section of track.
What about animals living in the park? They need to cross the tracks too, and their crossing patterns/locations probably don't line up with humans'. Depending on the type of fence, they could be pretty much blocked off.