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* D) t1 ?3 l' }: i! D' fLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST! |9 N/ ?- B6 Y2 K9 a" Z
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City council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.6 j/ s" x4 v6 I8 Z
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Administration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.# T* a X/ O+ d1 h! n/ x
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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.( f. V8 j9 ?* s% V+ P7 q: {. _
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Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits. {) d; L% ^. S
! e9 o' v7 r ?( ?6 b"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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1 B6 ]! l" W" B0 K' _, \! ~# \$ zCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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