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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
: o3 L" s# X* ?: d6 F" l* T: nLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST4 _* v/ {3 S9 H R/ Q
CBC News
, D1 X# L" }$ UCity council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.
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1 u- M, B0 j) r6 _5 ]Administration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.
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6 F5 v: `8 M4 \6 }6 I7 e5 Z"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." @- p% d0 C) F U! y
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The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.
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0 K7 T+ A$ C/ E) b/ YPatricia 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." v# {1 E8 ^( n2 u2 o
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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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