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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
; }! ~5 T# w# sLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST% L# f0 H, d5 X" @+ O* ^% B# ^
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City 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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"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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" s& l- t9 ?( }9 _# mThe city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.! I/ O; H* i6 G; B' ?1 L) v7 m8 o
9 `4 U; f6 i/ b; E/ ?: P2 kPatricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.
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"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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8 l1 @ U( l/ j' B: L5 i0 Z$ _8 kCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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