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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
0 C# `8 x9 h Z z9 HLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
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8 Z( F4 K% X+ p' h' t3 t* cCity council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.
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6 y5 k5 S, c7 HAdministration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.* C+ \' ?" A+ O" N2 I
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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. u6 f" ^8 ^9 D% |3 E
~( U" ?' z# GThe city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.
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Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.; H4 x+ t( ]9 k" u, ? r# U6 k3 N
2 @( E6 \; ]- i"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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* o P/ F" V- W3 g I3 }& r3 rCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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