MEDINA, Ohio — Medina officials are weighing competing approaches, from high-tech scanning to hands-on repairs, as they work to overhaul the city’s long-delayed sidewalk program.
During a Streets and Sidewalks Committee meeting Monday, City Engineer Patrick Patton outlined a proposal from Civil Transportation for a roughly $9,000 annual subscription using truck-mounted LiDAR and AI to scan streets and sidewalks for defects.
The system could identify elevation changes and potential tripping hazards with precision down to about a half inch, though Patton said it would likely capture only about 80% of issues, leaving some need for in-person inspection…