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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
, _+ W& P7 q1 A2 VLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
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# U+ H; b- g( H ECity council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.
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Administration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.7 ^$ _% b2 f# N/ V% }! w
8 k. S# p- N1 c- K8 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./ x3 ?, A" L/ D' i% r
8 v) S! d, z) p* k0 u6 ^The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.; h& m8 w4 d6 h. P, Q0 P
) b, }) \* l b- } DPatricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.
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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.
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9 B4 g! W/ ]) ]Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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