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* g7 x# `; S* }City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds ; I3 \; e, D7 U( d# }: P. y7 q
Last updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST/ E' p9 f2 ~9 U3 b4 |
CBC News : l7 y- k# r N% ~8 R; k
City council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.
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: S4 s4 Z, y+ t! ?0 WAdministration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.; I. ~. a0 f" s" z% h. T
# A8 f. h1 F ]( V7 S"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. ]( z, U8 p6 f n' p
- ?/ V# a4 \5 T. X"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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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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