Montgomery’s top elected official wants to spend nearly $5 million on pedestrian safety after the fourth such fatality in the county in the past two weeks.

County Executive Ike Leggett made the proposal Wednesday, saying that despite a $401 million projected budget gap in the coming fiscal year, the money is necessary to fight a climbing death toll.

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