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42nd & Grimes is a busy intersection in mornings and particularly in the afternoons. This is exactly the time when kids are crossing the street to go to Weber Park after school.

I have watched repeatedly as cars slide through the stop signs, treating them as a yield sign. Over and over cars do not wait for kids to exit the crosswalk but instead drive around them. Several occasions there have been some near misses as a kid dropped something and turned back to pick it up and another tripped in the crosswalk. The cars did not wait, they drove around them while they were legally in the crosswalk. The kids were not going too slowly or playing in the street. The kids were abiding the law, the cars were not.

This is a huge safety concern. Kids & their families need to be able to safely use the crosswalk to go to and from the Weber Park without having a car drive in front or around them as they cross.

Please, can Edina put up some visual reminders for drivers: a MN Pedestrian Law sign, or blinking crosswalk, orange flags for kids to grab as they cross, a patrol, anything?

Thank you for your assistance in making our neighborhood safer for pedestrians.