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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
: H: J. C3 E0 I+ ^$ ALast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
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) _) O# s4 F y5 v& m! `, _ j2 vCity council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents. x" F* V5 L3 M1 i v( r
2 g& ]4 q! S, Y8 d, }Administration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.
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( S. z. o9 U. W- b( S+ R"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.$ @5 T3 @& e2 S# u" R3 j5 B
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The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.
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: S/ R" H+ t6 N4 M% Q2 O" F& ]Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.) Z, N: p( \4 L$ N0 C4 ~
" P1 \2 J. J7 e"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.2 W) E- U; V& n; o
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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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