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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds / J c6 }$ Z4 _* B* r e
Last updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
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9 I* v1 n1 @5 R( D% L) yCity council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.2 L8 P& x7 e, n* Z' m) M
3 g8 N/ ~0 }6 Z% QAdministration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.
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"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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& j2 W5 B1 q/ R Q* [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.
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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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