LF Amtrak Track/Sound Wall Proposal

Academy Woods Homeowners Association President, JoAnn Desmond, of Lake Forest, briefly talks about a sound wall that is suppose to block train disruptions, and her opposing position on a new track proposition by Amtrak, on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Academy Woods Homeowners Association President, JoAnn Desmond, of Lake Forest (white), talks about her opposing position on a new track proposition by Amtrak with another concerned citizen, Rick Cusack (middle) who lives off of Pine Oaks Circle, Lake Forest, to Lake Forest Mayor Don Schoenheider (left), on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Academy Woods Homeowners Association President, JoAnn Desmond, of Lake Forest (white), talks about her opposing position on a new track proposition by Amtrak with two concerned neighbors, Ron Puszynski and Rick Cusack (left), to Lake Forest Mayor Don Schoenheider (left), on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Academy Woods Homeowners Association President, JoAnn Desmond, of Lake Forest (white), talks about her opposing position on a new track proposition by Amtrak with another concerned citizen, Rick Cusack (middle) who lives off of Pine Oaks Circle, Lake Forest, to Lake Forest Mayor Don Schoenheider (left), on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Academy Woods Homeowners Association President, JoAnn Desmond, of Lake Forest (white), talks about her opposing position on a new track proposition by Amtrak with two concerned neighbors, Ron Puszynski and Rick Cusack, both of Lake Forest, to Lake Forest Mayor Don Schoenheider, on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

A wall stretches down railroad tracks to attempt and block train disruptions, and Amtrak is proposing an additional track that has Lake Forest citizens and neighbors upset, on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

A wall stretches down railroad tracks to attempt and block train disruptions, and Amtrak is proposing an additional track that has Lake Forest citizens and neighbors upset, on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Lake Forest Mayor Don Schoenheider (left) discusses a new railroad track proposition by Amtrak, with Academy Woods Homeowners Association President, JoAnn Desmond, of Lake Forest (white), who staunchly opposes it, on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Academy Woods Homeowners Association President, JoAnn Desmond, of Lake Forest (white), talks about her opposing position on a new track proposition by Amtrak with two concerned neighbors, Ron Puszynski (left) and Rick Cusack (right), to Lake Forest Mayor Don Schoenheider (middle), on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Academy Woods Homeowners Association President, JoAnn Desmond, of Lake Forest (white), talks about her opposing position on a new track proposition by Amtrak with another concerned citizen, Rick Cusack (middle) who lives off of Pine Oaks Circle, Lake Forest, to Lake Forest Mayor Don Schoenheider (left), on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

A wall stretches down railroad tracks to attempt and block train disruptions, and Amtrak is proposing an additional track that has Lake Forest citizens and neighbors upset, on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Lake Forest Mayor Don Schoenheider (right) discusses a new railroad track proposition by Amtrak, with Academy Woods Homeowners Association President, JoAnn Desmond, of Lake Forest (white), who staunchly opposes it, on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Lake Forest Mayor Don Schoenheider (center) discusses a new railroad track proposition by Amtrak, with Academy Woods Homeowners Association President, JoAnn Desmond, of Lake Forest (white), and another concerned neighbor, Rick Cusack (right), who both staunchly oppose it, on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Lake Forest Mayor Don Schoenheider (left) discusses a new railroad track proposition by Amtrak, with Academy Woods Homeowners Association President, JoAnn Desmond, of Lake Forest (white), who staunchly opposes it, on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Academy Woods Homeowners Association President, JoAnn Desmond, of Lake Forest (white), and another concerned neighbor, Ron Puszynski (middle) who moved to the Academy Woods subdivision in the mid 1990s, talk about their opposing position on a new track proposition by Amtrak with Lake Forest Mayor Don Schoenheider (left), on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Academy Woods Homeowners Association President, JoAnn Desmond, of Lake Forest (white), talks about her opposing position on a new track proposition by Amtrak with two concerned neighbors, Ron Puszynski (2nd left) and Rick Cusack (right), to Lake Forest Mayor Don Schoenheider (left), on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Lake Forest citizens are staunchly opposing Amtrak's additional railroad track proposal, from near Conway Road all the way through Academy Woods, on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Neighbors Rick Cusack (left) and Frank Nimesheim, both of Lake Forest, point out just how close the railroad tracks are to their homes and how staunchly opposed they are to Amtrak's additional track proposal, on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Frank Nimesheim of Lake Forest, points out just how close the railroad tracks are to his home and how staunchly opposed he is to Amtrak's additional track proposal, on Monday, February 27, 2017 in Lake Forest.  (Mark Kodiak Ukena/Pioneer Press)