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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
) l' e) a+ A+ Q P6 oLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
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City council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents. }* b' G3 i" s. A6 J
1 H6 i8 q2 _+ J/ D- ]* _5 o3 |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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0 |; l+ I2 E: a( `* ]+ {The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years. B+ l0 @' i& g) [7 c9 Y1 r2 a+ A
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Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.; y) M. s1 U! T: C6 y( o8 l
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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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+ D" Q, h! g' W; z3 }- sCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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