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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
3 u, y# V( v5 F" y. q% }/ w6 oLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST- A0 ?, w+ l2 z- r
CBC News
2 V( O: {6 C4 H$ z( ~8 A. J% A- c& ICity council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.
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Administration 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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( S- H5 \# |7 L7 U# \" `The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.1 f9 o% X1 D, M6 ?, A Z
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Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.7 l4 v: T4 _) ^) y3 ^
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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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, J2 t& A, E; ]0 R# w9 wCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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