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Concerned over how multiple row parking had led to chaotic traffic situations in several parts of Delhi – especially Karol Bagh area in Central Delhi, the Delhi High Court has asked the Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) to be present in the court to assist in finding out a solution to the traffic menace. A bench of Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice AK  Chawla directed the top cop to be present before it on March 13. The court was disquieted on learning how at some stretches, three-row parking was being allowed leading to traffic snarls and was worried as to how emergency vehicles would move about in the event of any emergency. The bench was hearing a petition filed by NGO Pardarshita Welfare Foundation run by Harkrishan Das Nijhawan, who has been raising the issue of unregulated improper parking and encroachments in the name of religious structures causing traffic snarls in Central Delhi and southern Ridge. “On the next date of hearing, the Special … [Read more...] about Three Row Parking: Delhi HC Worried How It Is A Hazard In Emergency, Calls Traffic Top Cop For Assistance [Read Order]

A Chicago Park District pension fund overhaul that Mayor Rahm Emanuel once held up as a model of city-union cooperation has been struck down by a judge, in a ruling that could produce more vexing financial challenges for both the mayor and taxpayers.Circuit Court Judge Neil Cohen ruled that a January 2014 state change to the district’s pension system was unconstitutional because it diminished benefits by raising the retirement eligibility age and reducing both cost-of-living increases and disability benefits.Cohen then ordered that the district return to workers the higher retirement contributions they’ve made as a result, with 3 percent interest tacked on. He also ordered the district to make payments covering reduced disability payments, plus interest. The ruling came in March, receiving scant attention during the primary election season.How much it will cost the district — and ultimately taxpayers — remains to be calculated, but the cost won’t be the … [Read more...] about Court strikes down Chicago Park District pension plan

BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureMillennial MoneyOpinionSportsLuxury Newsletter Signup World By Andrew N. White @drewgoesin 04/03/18 AT 11:14 AM A first responder during a life-saving mission in England on Saturday discovered a note affixed to their windshield urging them to move their ambulance.The paramedic reportedly responded to an emergency call at a residence in Bodmin, Cornwall, to treat a patient whose throat had swollen shut from a possible allergic reaction, Cornwall Live reported.After spending roughly two hours tending to a patient, the medic returned to find a handwritten note on their vehicle that read: "Private car park do not park here." The paramedic took to Twitter and posted a picture of the note and clearly indicated that there was a sign displayed inside the ambulance that it was a first-response vehicle. The medic, who wasn't identified, belonged to Bodmin Responders, a local … [Read more...] about ‘Do Not Park Here’ Note Left On Paramedic’s Windshield During Life-Saving Rescue

An East Stroudsburg man has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for driving his vehicle into a park ranger two years ago at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.Damari Roulhac, 26, was convicted by a federal jury Sept. 26, 2017, of assaulting a U.S. park ranger and fleeing park rangers. U.S. District Judge James M. Munley sentenced him in Scranton.Park rangers patrolling the national recreation area on the evening of July 1, 2016, ordered Roulhac to stop his vehicle, but he instead accelerated toward a ranger, federal prosecutors said.The ranger first was forced to jump out of the way of Roulhac’s vehicle, but when the ranger ran back toward the vehicle, Roulhac drove into the ranger, prosecutors said. The ranger was not seriously injured.Roulhac was arrested days later at the Pike County Courthouse, where he was being sentenced in an unrelated 2014 drunken driving case.The park ranger assault case was investigated by rangers of … [Read more...] about East Stroudsburg man gets prison for driving vehicle into a Delaware Water Gap park ranger

MARYLAND HEIGHTS • Creve Coeur Lake Park is growing by 25 acres after an executive order issued Monday by St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger.The land had been the former home of Lakeside Center, the county's residential youth treatment program that closed in 2016 in a budgetary move."Adding this land to our world-class parks system will allow for more green space, recreational services, programs and activities," Stenger said in a statement.Lakeside's services were transferred to Marygrove, a Catholic Charities of St. Louis federated agency that operates a residential program in Florissant.Stenger said the move saved taxpayers $2.1 million per year "while giving the clients at Lakeside an opportunity to receive therapeutic and educational services in a community-based setting at Marygrove." … [Read more...] about St. Louis County adds 25 acres to Creve Coeur Lake Park