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4 c/ v: z$ ?: t+ L% C. s" ACity may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
( z5 g, }$ T7 P+ SLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST
- [) c" n h) D/ D9 K2 {* O0 yCBC News
+ c( R& n0 V- H H/ @) r& @0 aCity 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.
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& Y ~# k) ], Q) h5 l. dThe city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years., W- r# \2 M+ w
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Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.# E O+ c; {" k4 p8 G; H
: }8 N3 ~2 {- p. s/ P: |9 e3 Q"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.3 {4 l1 f$ S. f' W3 Q5 _1 o
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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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