MEDINA, Ohio – Police Chief Ed Kinney recently spent time in Washington, D.C., discussing concerns about increasing truck sizes with members of Congress and he said he thinks many legislators were receptive to the message.

Kinney said during an Oct. 14 council meeting that he traveled to Washington earlier this month with the group Coalition Against Bigger Trucks. He said the group’s goal was to urge members of Congress not to approve an increase for the legal size and weight limits for semi-trucks.

“We talked about the safety issues that could be created by the increase,” Kinney said. “When a full-size truck crashes here in Medina, it is not a fender bender. It is a significant event that ties up resources and the last thing we need is bigger, heavier trucks coming through Medina. We ur

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