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# P- X! Q `; B0 c$ [City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
E; b% R- \4 @( F/ eLast 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.
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Administration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.# d4 T$ I( x3 s2 g0 T
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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.+ P0 c4 g0 s. R1 P& x
& ~( Z, P; }, n; E, Z$ @" D9 s- AThe city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.8 s7 z9 _) g/ i0 p# q5 r8 J
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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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5 u T5 G7 d7 l7 P4 F& Y( e: M, y"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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# }( m5 b/ R4 L* P* V% I( Q& K: q+ h; F) oCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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