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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
" ?5 |- v+ Y$ m& p, E. e: q9 H5 iLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST2 r" p/ ~4 ^8 U& R* x! r" g0 M
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City council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.3 m1 I: {, g' M1 h$ k' g( j. ^! u
8 E1 R, j& R% F1 O7 R# w/ o7 CAdministration 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.4 z2 d7 s0 ] q& d( g4 p
1 u8 |& v, q2 V& X, Q3 v: k- ^( nThe city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.1 v/ O. c# n. w9 V6 V
1 J0 o" n" p% P( g' {3 i% K. DPatricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.( S" p- \# G0 K# c3 T* E
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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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5 L* }$ f; D' h2 YCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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