A new Cleveland police pilot program will use "street milling" to combat a rash of illegal street takeovers around the city.
The new program, which was announced Thursday, would alter roads to make it harder for vehicles to perform stunts on them, WKYC-TV reports. "Street milling" would be used to create grooves in intersections and rough, uneven surfaces along streets.
"Street takeovers are dangerous not only to those participating, but also for the general public in the area," Cleveland Police Chief Annie Todd said in a statement.
A list of roads that will be involved in the pilot program has not been released. Police did release a photo of a city intersection that had a checkerboard design grooved into a city intersection that had been the site of a street takeover in September.
Cleveland police's Street Take Over Task Force is working with the city's street division to implement the program.
