A MEETING about a rail and tram crossing where a girl was fatally injured has been moved to a bigger venue because so many people want to go.
The event to discuss the crossing where teenager Lindsey Inger was hit by a tram last month is on Wednesday.
Ashfield District Councillor Chris Baron said it was being moved from Bestwood Miners' Welfare Club in Park Road to the community centre next door.
He said: "There have been that many responses that we'll have to go next door and put a sign on the welfare centre.
"We're not holding this meeting to create a blame culture and there'll be no speculation about how she died – we want to come up with a solution that will hopefully appease everyone."
Lindsey, 13, was hit by a tram at the crossing near Bestwood Village on November 28.
It happened almost four years to the day that a woman and her seven-year-old grandson died at the crossing, on the railway lines that run alongside the tram track.
The latest tragedy led MPs, Lindsey's family and people living nearby to call for a new safety review.
Police, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch and NET, which runs the tram network, are all investigating.
Network Rail is also co-operating with the enquiries.
Coun Baron said: "It is going to be about how we go forward from here and come to a conclusion where it is made safe and pedestrians can get from one side to the other without getting knocked down."
He said the police, Network Rail and NET had all been invited to the meeting and had agreed to send representatives.
Coun Baron was among those who called for a safety review after the previous tragedy in 2008 when Jean Hoggart, 65, and grandson Michael Dawson, 7, were killed.
Following their deaths the layout of the crossing was changed and new signs and lighting put up.
Coun Baron said when he heard about the death of Lindsey he was "gutted".
He said: "It brought tears to my eyes. After last time they said the likelihood of this happening again was almost nil."
After the death of Lindsey, who lived in Bulwell, her family, including foster mother Marlene Starling, called for the crossing to be closed until the new investigations have been completed.
"It's not all that easy," Coun Baron added.
"I hear what they are saying and I understand it completely but it's a footpath and it's not easy to close a footpath.
"A lot of elderly people go through from Bestwood Village to the tram and bus stops."
He said a bridge might also not be suitable because elderly people might find it difficult to negotiate.
He said: "There is modern technology now and there are sensors for things like high bridges.
"Sensors, automatic locking gates and warning signs indicating whether a tram or a train or both is coming could be an option."
Wednesday's open public meeting at the centre in Park Road will run from 6.30pm with anyone welcome to attend.
Lindsey's family are also planning a fundraising event at Bells Lane Community Centre on December 16 to raise money for her funeral and safety improvements at the crossing.
