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City may lower speed around schools, playgrounds ! h6 s, y1 e& f
Last 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.. r6 ~1 _. H# ~' l# A6 t% b. }
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0 j; L3 k1 }! P6 F" |1 \"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.* M1 h" {5 O8 X% R* C
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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.
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" v* b# J( m! Y) {" n"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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' j, x7 _" F7 `Council will vote on the policy change next week. |
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