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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
$ i/ ]& R% d5 B2 qLast 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.* _( F5 | n }3 }7 W% c7 }
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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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The 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.+ N( g5 G" F# t
5 [8 k! \; f- b; G* e, t+ j( u"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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5 B) ~$ A0 R! Q! x/ ECouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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