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7 v: ]/ I" M& x7 i/ _3 O5 a6 F! uCity may lower speed around schools, playgrounds 9 u! z3 n, E8 d8 g6 j# B
Last updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST% A2 Q" }* Z0 O' L& I
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& B& Q q* p' ?0 g! QCity council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.- i R9 O; R# }; G4 s+ ]! Y
% H* q5 K m7 y! R) _, NAdministration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.
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3 n# z: G' v+ o7 }/ ]$ R: ["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.
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/ w" I, ^+ M+ ~' `& W, P. c# |Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.& W( R$ d* F) Z& t+ z
: _: r# H6 M4 N" }6 J; |"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/ _+ s/ l8 C* @3 i8 I0 h
D3 Y3 a" n2 z1 jCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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