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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
: p+ ?8 g5 y% E( p7 yLast updated Jan 10 2006 04:24 PM MST$ Q8 K( G- k# B; p# S' l4 R; U
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City council is considering putting 30-kilometre-an-hour zones around some schools, after pressure from parents.+ o' e1 m; d7 g
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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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& O7 n( d/ d6 o7 i# `+ Z3 p"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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9 r2 C3 k+ x( h* |; W' L, dThe city hasn't used reduced speed limits around schools for more than 20 years.
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8 [' t5 }% } D! |Patricia Grell, with the Woodcroft area school council, says every school and playground should have lower speed limits.3 u) X$ [/ q8 F! \# S3 \
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"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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' U. O& i P" ^7 M3 B! gCouncil will vote on the policy change next week. |
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