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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds - `1 @2 d& b2 Y9 F
Last 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.) e: L4 d2 E8 d
7 m% Y: c2 X4 E3 T! _; wAdministration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.
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: {4 I- t: u, h; 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.) c: R w3 J( [9 `. e
- @, I5 s2 ? d: A, P6 ]& {5 \6 I( yThe 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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"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.; @$ O( u9 [7 ?. k2 k+ w
5 l9 ]0 h1 c3 {% y5 b! eCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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