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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
2 u7 G0 E% u, r5 j5 o# j1 B" JLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST% A' i3 ]" X# ?" l2 N2 H
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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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! G- P( c; p: l0 ?, ?* s6 X0 p"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.- S5 T9 C( e( _9 d
]; M( i, G+ Y) lThe city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.0 Q. s1 w+ W; v% ^, E6 a
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Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.# H A: h& y0 G5 G
/ Q7 G7 S- l1 K"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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4 I7 C! M; d& Z8 [! i! v" a2 k& KCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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