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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
$ }8 P; k. l" _4 R) rLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST- K4 `/ J' K! H$ e( y6 @2 W% N
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City 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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% a. R! K! m D p+ i, _1 M# Z"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.3 `4 B% \8 g' |/ Z
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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.+ | V) E0 L0 }$ F1 V
; `9 l; f( q* F1 z. d0 g5 ?: uCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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