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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
/ `2 t) G, m- p4 P2 iLast 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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0 |2 z7 [7 q9 ~& @9 nAdministration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.0 i; Z! O4 \! ^* D9 B9 c& E5 B. L
1 a `9 o9 y$ F" o5 C! l"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.+ ?% ]6 H3 d; B. Z* c
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The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.
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6 i4 ~3 J$ _% x* nPatricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.# L/ R" {& q. P
: ^ M- W8 E0 Y: b+ n"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.; j6 Y8 Q& b6 b1 Y: |9 f% n k
4 ~& O+ G$ V: _" s* ^& l! HCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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