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! Q( T5 c% @( d5 @1 ACity may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
- g- e8 k! W9 y- cLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
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+ x. j1 d+ ]: E3 X% w: D* OCity council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.. V* Y' A, I ~ |
# u/ i/ I# X7 r1 w& [Administration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.
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' g# C# F D! W" a& K"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.2 W5 @2 u; x* S3 O
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Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.. Z6 r% t& x0 b! w0 V/ x
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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." K6 {+ B) m# W/ H
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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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