The day has come at last. No, the Browns didn't clinch a Superbowl, nor did the city solve its uneven housing crisis.
No, the Browns didn't clinch a Superbowl, nor did the city solve its uneven housing crisis. But the ugly, intrusive, grey Jersey barriers that have sat for the past eight years on Public Square are gone."Well, the day is finally here: We are removing the Jersey barriers in Public Square," Mayor Justin Bibb said at a press conference on the square's central stage Monday afternoon, in front of three bulldozers with metal clamps at the ready.
The barrier removal, which was kicked off by three sounds of airhorns, marked Public Square's second phase of renovation since its first in 2016. There are also public safety issues separate from keeping pedestrians, buses, cyclists and cars operating without any harm. "The best thing we can do to keep Public Square safe and secure," he said,"is to have more people, more economic activity, more economic energy."Riding the high from a recent Washington Post bump , Bibb, along with County Executive Chris Ronayne and RTA CEO India Birdsong-Terry, framed the development boost as a natural predecessor to, well, more people just coming to hang out.
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