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$ ?' `, q' t7 ~) {) jCity may lower speed around schools, playgrounds 5 q+ I5 b% U7 U
Last updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
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1 [7 b" w6 h- f$ ICity council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.
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Administration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.
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2 }0 p/ w% i, ]# i8 V# j# q"This is simply adding it to our set of solutions," Rick Millican, general manager of transportation, said. "Council is not saying if they approve it, put a school zone everywhere someone wants on.
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The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years., r: y8 G: s! U5 q2 ^' W
5 H6 E( G+ V/ U. t) J8 [6 n# ^Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.
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+ F! f$ ?& i* Q9 x+ q# e2 B6 A' w5 h"People are in a hurry, people are stressed out, they forget the speed limit and our children are very at risk when they are going to these places," she said.
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+ J, w1 U( Z$ T5 j+ _: P* d& y- ]Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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