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( ]; h4 _1 N5 K3 d6 FCity may lower speed around schools, playgrounds % d: _7 ?. E/ `3 z8 k
Last updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST9 Z+ d8 p6 ~5 N
CBC News " y) k4 O* `8 \$ d1 N
City council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.
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" i7 B" I u$ i6 S% fAdministration 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.& |* I9 `! f3 v9 s
4 t7 n" Y2 [. S1 }, B& MPatricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.& y; ~1 O! _3 ]7 ?5 Y) 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.3 b, i P+ E: A: `" ?
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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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