Robert Patek left two poles but was forced to remove ropes he put behind his home to block tractors that bury beach debris. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Robert Patek had seen enough.
A Highland Beach resident with a home on the east
County has most deaths
• Palm Beach County, nearly 45 miles long, ranks highest in the state for pedestrian deaths between railroad crossings. Of the 33 people killed statewide in 2015, seven died in Palm Beach County, ranking it first for what’s cal
Pedestrians illegally cross the FEC tracks in downtown Delray Beach near the site of a recent fatality.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
County has most deaths
By Jane Smith
The epidemic of people illegally walking across railroad tracks between
By Jane Smith
All Aboard Florida is continuing to add double tracks and quiet zone devices to South County coastal cities for its Brightline express rail that will link Miami to Orlando along the Florida East Coast tracks.
While the double trac
