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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
3 s' z- Z7 _9 J) v1 j, c: MLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
! }9 j) C# h, _' Z; S7 _CBC News ! Q- p% R& l. x1 O/ ^4 S. 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.
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0 P" T0 }& T; M"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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: t/ ` K2 l3 M% W* ]- Q" `& {The 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.+ j* b9 f& q1 P, o% T
3 J$ v/ }9 ~6 K) \ w"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 B( Q# |! v2 r8 v$ WCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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