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# `; `' ~/ d' F* m2 fCity may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
' |2 `" M- w, ?8 {3 V6 `3 \/ `Last 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./ U- X A2 p7 X" n+ b- ~+ N* A
9 _/ d1 {, E; PAdministration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.
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( X( {1 \. U4 p7 J2 n) k# W0 J"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.: c q" w W+ T2 C
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The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.
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. E" Z1 s) ^* j9 f8 `& H* c$ g8 _Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.
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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.
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- k0 B8 x: Z( D0 Z& g; dCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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