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* d& Q8 \: Z4 s3 g& jCity may lower speed around schools, playgrounds 4 E: f6 l3 {9 E6 D) R# W( H+ D6 l
Last updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST6 k) l. q' C$ F0 |$ |# m& Z8 a9 `
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City council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.: h# N( V$ W5 g% E7 B+ D; |& E
& {! z5 R% x+ Z0 QAdministration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.
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! E: E& n; @- y/ R' H"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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8 ^& a1 }1 U9 R' A8 G0 Y" `The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.
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: Q) {# k2 g, b+ ~: e9 T# }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., u Z! c/ C) O
! r0 M3 p8 U& S0 D" A" \) sCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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