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Fairlawn has received a $334,000 federal grant to study safety improvements on State Route 18.

Temporary changes, including pedestrian islands and altered turn lanes, will be installed for a year-long experiment.

The study aims to reduce crashes on the busy corridor, which has seen five fatalities between 2014 and 2019.

If the experiment is successful, the city will seek $26 million in funding to make the improvements permanent.

The city is also rebranding this stretch of road as "the 18 Corridor" to unify businesses and attract visitors.

A big experiment is coming to the busy state Route 18 corridor in Fairlawn.

And the results of this test could mean some substantial changes in the future to the thoroughfare.

The city has landed a $334,000 federal grant to stu

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