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6 _3 L& }' B( q* x& wCity may lower speed around schools, playgrounds 0 i# j, M3 S: \. e# d6 ]* x, X) N
Last updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST& ?" j! p* S, F7 p9 l
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City council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.0 H( J) D/ P1 K5 H4 u8 c* @: I
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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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"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.3 \* d: T- @) q
& m# b; |, p3 {6 d" Q% Q# ^# T- YThe 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.6 U8 u% Z W; P% v) J
; ], m, O( B& ` f& d# f: I& B"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.% l( x; t$ N- O3 D- O" b8 z
8 o! D' X7 o! x! {: eCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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