Village Board to Consider Re-Erecting Atwater Beach Security Fence
Two years after the village removed fencing, it will consider replacing it after Lake Drive residents complained of trespassers onto their private beaches.
The Shorewood Village Board will consider whether to approve re-erecting a security fence along either side of Atwater Beach, to stop trespassers from entering privately-owned beaches, at its next meeting Monday, 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 3930 N. Murray Ave. After Shorewood's Park Commission approved removing the fence in 2009, citing a special interest group's concern that the ugly chain-linked fence ruined the beach, Lake Drive residents started complaining of trespassers. Residents said underage drinking, drug use, littering, broken glass and syringes, theft, unattended fires and vandalism were spilling onto their private land after the fence, deterring beach-goers from venturing pass the boundaries of Atwater Beach and onto private …
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Jay Sykes
8:12 am on Sunday, July 10, 2011
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