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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
! I* p, P3 I( @: ~7 XLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
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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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"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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) e* V' D) X9 k( JThe city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.
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) m4 r/ U& F3 d9 jPatricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.
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$ F6 B& m# H8 K' ?) Q d"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.- U2 D2 Q: z+ t4 |* S
/ n& r+ Q+ p9 T( \/ }: rCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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