(Source: Aurora Beacon-News, January 22, 2016)
CHICAGO — A lot of progress has been made toward making railroad cars transporting hazardous materials safer. But there is a lot more to be done. That was the basic message at a roundtable meeting Friday morning at Aurora’s Central Fire Station downtown featuring U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois; U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville; and Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner. Also participating were Aurora fire Chief John Lehman, Oswego Fire District Chief Michael Veseling and Joe Jones, Aurora’s emergency management director.
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