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* o7 M8 {6 v6 D! @% L9 Q6 G, iCity may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
6 d9 r* b, L# Q% iLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
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) `+ N/ N5 Y, d# \+ K- ?4 O1 A) E7 ~City council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.; R/ H! G4 R9 \2 c5 u6 |* S; S
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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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3 L7 t6 W% E) G7 R8 f"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 q2 n; q' S7 c1 G
; @6 U3 I/ F1 c# Q( P* s3 ~The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.6 | R6 r' H: r/ v+ O
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Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.
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- _6 R" f: w. t9 Q, J"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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( e1 l: s U) l9 rCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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