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- |9 {) e+ b2 Q+ g' d$ S& k% xCity may lower speed around schools, playgrounds ! T; S. I8 d( V5 J3 m; x
Last updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
5 k8 [8 d3 h* k0 Y* kCBC News ( X/ A k( j, L1 t- I0 e
City council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.
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4 d0 Y8 j9 ]& W+ V/ }) `Administration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.3 |! A6 l8 m0 }& D
8 G, q, h; ]: |2 s2 c% h"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.+ R5 b+ D- J. b* T
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The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.
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. v. U" h( a# e5 PPatricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.- }6 X2 k) p1 k" S+ l- C) G0 Z( O' L
5 g8 F) m- m7 L1 X/ ^( Y"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., t' T; y, R" w/ n& {& S
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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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