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! r! [% M3 e+ cCity may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
: a. d; J$ A5 i- @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.
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8 J- `8 @6 ]4 b" ~1 e) [. I6 mAdministration 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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: G4 a( o+ o2 F1 c }The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.
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Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.2 N6 ^! _4 D- i* ~" b. ~$ C9 r
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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.1 H* {4 c/ b' f2 y. K
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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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