Akron to install elongated speed bumps on 14 residential roads Robin Goist, cleveland.com
AKRON, Ohio – City Council voted unanimously Monday to buy 28 elongated speed bumps and install them on 14 residential streets in an effort to reduce speeding.
The request for $155,000 for more so-called “speed tables” – which have long, flat tops and tapered ends – came from Mayor Dan Horrigan’s administration and was swiftly introduced to the Public Service Committee and brought before council for a vote without additional committee hearings.
The city moved to install more speed tables across the city after the success of last year’s trial run of two speed tables: on Edgewood Avenue near the Akron Zoo and on Schocalog Road in Fairlawn Heights. In a news release, the city reported a 23% drop in the number of speeders on those roads and stated that surveys of residents showed support for the speed tables.
Summa Health hosts a drive-through vaccination in Akron By Syeda Abbas | April 17, 2021 at 10:32 PM EDT - Updated April 17 at 10:32 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Summa Health hosted a drive-through vaccination clinic Saturday morning at Gorge Boulevard in Akron.
The clinic comes at a time when Dr. Vik Bhalla is the Chief Medical Officer at Summa Health is worrying about peoples’ decision not to get vaccinated.
“I am concerned that we are hitting a plateau,” said Bhalla. “We have lots of supply at this point in time that was a challenge before now what we’re seeing is that the demand is decreasing.”