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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds ' C v5 D+ c3 u) K& \5 S
Last updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
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9 A* v7 ? @% Q# G+ Z4 JCity council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.
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0 h) R7 B/ [9 ?, v+ a% NAdministration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.0 z# A+ Y; Y+ ]9 N% J. B
N. ~' K1 r3 G- `5 b, U"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.3 C$ U: o7 }( [# f
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The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years., I+ d6 r0 R$ k, C( {1 K ^- T0 p5 e9 P
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Patricia 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.* Z, e1 M+ {4 {" O7 N
+ \& b! [& L. c$ t ?Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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