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Medina City Council recently passed legislation to seek grant money to improve safety for pedestrians at the city’s Public Square.If this money is received, those improvements will consist of raised concrete areas known as bump-outs to provide added protection.“Safety is the number one concern, and if this would provide a safer atmosphere in the Square for people crossing in the crosswalks and mid-cross walks, we’re going to take advantage of it,” City Council President John Coyne said.
RELATED: 9-year-old hit by car while walking to school in Medina“It’s probably the scariest thing I’ve ever went through,” said McKay. “Getting a phone call that my son had just gotten hit by a car was probably one of the hardest calls I’ve had.”When News 5 spoke to Medina Police Chief Edward Kinney earlier this year, he told us McKay’s son was the first pedestrian to be hit in 2024.But in 2023, there were six and in 2022, there were two.
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