Cleveland Heights Working to Make Lee Road Library Crosswalk, Others Safer
The city has started to make a handful of improvements and has more in the works.
The City of Cleveland Heights has begun implementing safety features to the crosswalk in front of the Lee Road Library. Mayor Ed Kelley said city and library officials discussed the safety of that crosswalk a few months ago, but it became a priority after a 23-year-old woman was struck by a car there on the afternoon of Oct. 18. She suffered an ankle injury, said Police Chief Jeffrey Robertson. The city hosted a meeting Oct. 29 to discuss how to prevent an accident like that in the future. "I’m not going to sit around twiddling my thumbs while someone else gets hurt," Kelley said. The city had installed the solar-powered signs in April 2011, hoping to increase safety there. They only flash when pedestrians push a button, unlike other …
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Glinda Smith
3:58 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
How about enforcing the law by having a police car parked nearby that goes after people who do not stop for pedestrians for a few weeks? A couple hundred tickets would help. more ›