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A vibrant coloured crosswalk — painted by schoolchildren with creative designs — might be one trick to enhance safety at Edmonton’s trouble crosswalks, said Coun. Aaron Paquette in the wake of another serious injury this week.

A 15-year-old girl suffered severe head trauma Tuesday evening after a driver failed to stop at a marked crosswalk in The Meadows area of Edmonton.

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The crosswalk was on the list for eventual signal upgrades. But more can be done right now, said Paquette, calling news of this most recent tragedy “heavy.”

“We’re all in this together,” he said, pitching an idea that came up recently from Child Friendly Edmonton. Many dangerous crosswalks are near schools and day homes. Why not stop the traffic for an afternoon to help the children repaint the roadway, using bright colours to really make that spot stand out?

Intuitively, drivers would see something different and slow down, he said, echoing a school of thought that says less predictable roads are actually safer. Drivers pay attention.