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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds
" T+ J/ `8 c% M& x) u+ _9 ULast 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.% G! P" R8 P7 N9 Y& C# p
a6 }4 l4 `9 v1 M& _2 |0 x l) i vAdministration officials have long argued that there is no evidence school speed zones reduce the danger for children.
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5 R8 ?5 N) s9 K' |, {4 X9 ]"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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+ I" D; r+ D) I) L: |8 GThe 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.
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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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Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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