TOLEDO, Ohio —
Changes are coming to some Toledo streets.
City council approved funding to make adjustments to try and make roads safer for drivers and pedestrians.
The city authorized the spending of $109,380 for traffic calming measures on Harvest Lane, Berdan Avenue, Sylvania Avenue and Secor Road between Kenwood Boulevard and Central Avenue.
The money will allow the city to install 20 electric traffic devices and six lighted stop signs.
Electric traffic devices are signs that show the speed limit and below it will show how fast someone is driving.
The signs aren't the only changes coming to this area of Secor Road between Kenwood and Central.
For those driving down Secor Road, it's been described as "terrible."
"It's very narrow," Toledo resident Becky Powell said. "So it's very dangerous going down Secor. It is."
The city had proposed a roundabout to be put in the area, but that project was axed and now there will be no roundabout.
"You'll still have a median all the way down, but you'll have a U-turn at Kenwood," Toledo city councilman Sam Melden said.
The project is estimated to cost more than $5 million and will add a median along Secor Road that will prevent left turns out of Westgate.
"Some of those terrible crashes that can happen there," Melden said.
Some community members think the median would be a good idea.
"You know, you could have an accident easily because it's a heavily traveled street," Powell said.
Not everyone thinks it's the best idea.
"On the median idea, I don't know if that might cause more chaos than it's worth," Toledo resident Rashad Dauodi said.
The project also aims to improve the current road condition.
"I do think there definitely needs to be work done to Secor," Dauodi said. "I think what we should be doing first and foremost is fixing the road itself because it's in terrible condition."
Part of the project includes updates to give the area more of a neighborhood feel, adding more of a tree canopy and making it easier for community members to bike or walk along the road.
No matter what construction or improvements come to the area, there's one thing people say they want to happen.
"I would like it to be safe," Powell said. "That's all. That's the most important thing. "
Construction is set to start in the spring of 2026.