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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
" I, @( _2 w5 c% [! PLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST- `6 b. X, L" x2 z( E
CBC News
/ b( W8 ?% U: CCity council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents." Y& f% E, M7 p1 N5 D
3 u3 j6 K, |8 L3 a: a2 u, Z0 b4 c! ]Administration 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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2 M( C! R1 b4 V9 h6 b4 h: m4 VThe 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.
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6 Z3 b5 l8 q8 a! V5 a* G& H0 q"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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, _% R$ Q$ A( C0 A0 X, X6 J6 yCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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