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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
( [. Q6 R$ q' V( ~Last updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
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( v* t2 f0 \6 L# D- @0 nCity council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.# C: c& `5 x1 }5 ?" |& X1 m+ V
2 i2 V+ i2 s% I/ JAdministration 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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) @# g, e% @2 PThe city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.! J- J/ b1 f) ~4 J- J
/ N+ D: x$ c" H/ I3 _, ~Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.9 t4 r4 l+ N \- |! Y) N# x' M7 i
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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./ [$ G# x6 W1 h: v0 F
2 y9 X7 r, X R4 B/ OCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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