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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
8 P: k7 f* r5 ?* H' zLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
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8 s: Y9 X4 x9 m, x! oCity 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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"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.: n& L+ w/ X: f0 _
! d( r0 Z! s1 e9 J8 @4 L' r9 jThe 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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. O% s4 \- E' U1 u0 L, F: K+ d"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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