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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
. [3 _( b- S! z* }: i9 ELast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
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0 _; @, G" A; b% k, OCity council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents., U9 E( C, `) u4 b" ?6 \' M1 Z
2 I, s6 e3 f- k; Z4 zAdministration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.
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" k3 I9 N# Z5 D' z6 B; L7 r"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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- [. ~9 j) V) H0 L" W4 R$ pPatricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits." D' ^$ Q1 k% j& N
8 e. K2 t1 C6 F/ k2 v"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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% @, R! V$ m( e' WCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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