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5 C# m, H, `, @$ BCity may lower speed around schools, playgrounds ' A# Z, P6 @' p* ? L6 i; O. ?
Last updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
% \2 @2 s3 n- I9 c* |CBC News ; X4 m6 f8 S0 j! [" q
City council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.
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# M( G8 y2 \, v0 @% WAdministration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.
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' G! d" z2 t5 a" r$ 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.2 X1 H4 s8 Z$ s' ?& f7 j
6 |6 Q$ @8 G( k3 q& K; g8 d# S9 eThe 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./ Q6 _$ r6 c' T$ M; T
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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.: D9 n, G. W/ p6 M8 o( ]( u/ M
: {+ n5 `: A9 M& P( [Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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