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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
. i& c" ]" O+ ^) MLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST, c7 _5 y+ Q, v, o- H* R
CBC News
0 n6 `# {4 p5 o% q* M' x4 H- OCity 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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, Z4 f* {! Z5 Z6 x: E& p( n"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.7 Z6 J! |4 c/ s' r6 Z
% B Q" _4 K' L1 |Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.9 t9 E2 |7 u# d+ Y
' @8 N. l# V; N% T; @. ~"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.6 P/ T* f7 R7 c* G& l# }0 ]
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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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