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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
8 |0 ~* J3 @8 lLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST/ G7 C+ ^! u+ L
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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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4 r7 e1 \% A& p$ VAdministration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children./ \3 l2 M e# X( j4 H$ E6 N
9 {1 }6 _7 N/ r) \! i"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.
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: t# Y% f, \: |Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.
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4 i% L. w1 G7 k* m2 ^1 d1 G"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.0 ^- v9 N) x3 ^0 H+ y/ l6 Q
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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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