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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
( {6 W! S; L8 ~1 G. u ~Last updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST) Z4 r. b4 S( z( m3 `
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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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{7 Q7 E! m1 U+ x% p' b"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.4 X1 \9 m6 N% ]
8 Q2 @* I }1 T sThe city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.
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Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.; V3 @, B9 h2 X0 b! c
! K; b j+ O5 T3 q"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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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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