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H* ?- m7 V% E: p; aCity may lower speed around schools, playgrounds 6 q O/ O: x0 _3 M1 O! {4 b/ b
Last updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST- A( D, ~; Z3 F; g9 |# r% V2 w" ^
CBC News 4 e: a- ~' j# G& v
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.9 ?' v" a7 R# A5 |' d
6 x, @, X {1 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.
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The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.
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- g/ N; X p! {Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.: C6 k& F: R& O4 h# U+ Y1 d, P
# G- t7 ?9 u3 C* o) G" 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. C }7 W, y' Z
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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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