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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
1 M) ~& [5 T! R7 ?+ c' fLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST, i6 a9 Q/ ^7 j1 y; [8 v; x
CBC News ' M( p4 l- H- h6 f- j. d: w" Z
City 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.
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6 Y2 p/ A! V1 Q6 H4 H D; n q9 S"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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The city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.' D( ~/ z. S% ?. X+ V) ~7 l
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Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.$ }) h: \3 p. a' `
( d7 W3 F; r/ a: z7 _" \"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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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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