Playground Zone

• Lethbridge school zones transition to playground zones in September

  Next month, Lethbridge residents will have to pump the breaks when cruising through school zones as the city implements a year-round playground zone. Sarah Jones reports.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2023
  
• City of Lethbridge exploring school zone changes: ‘This is definitely a right move’

  The idea is to convert all school zones to playground zones with the 30 km/h speed limit in effect daily from 7:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. in all playground zones.

  Education

  Jan 23, 2023
  
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• Playground zone hours expand in Penticton

  Police are reminding motorists that the speed limit is 30 kilometres an hour when driving through a playground zone between dawn and dusk.

  Traffic

  Apr 19, 2022
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• City administration recommends status quo on playground zone hours in Edmonton

  City administration is recommending playground zone hours in Edmonton stay the way they are, despite concerns from residents about their effectiveness and what one councillor is calling a lack of data.

  Politics

  Jun 23, 2019
• Playground and school zone speed limit to reduce to 30km/h in September

  Regina city council voted in favour of reducing the school and playground zone speed limit from 40 km/h to 30 km/h beginning Sept 1.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2019
• Edmonton city council votes to remove 41 playground zones

  City council took a second look at the playground zone rules Tuesday and decided to get rid of 41 across Edmonton.

  Traffic

  May 8, 2018
• Report says 40 Edmonton playground zones could be removed

  Thanks to the vague definition of what constitutes a playground, more than two dozen spots across the city could return to the previous speed limit.

  Traffic

  Apr 18, 2018
• Drivers are obeying new speed zones near Edmonton junior highs

  It's one month into the installation of 30 km/h speed zones around junior high schools and the word from Edmonton's Office of Traffic Safety is: so far so good.

  Traffic

  Oct 8, 2017
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• Residents in Evanston push for playground zone

  A little girl was hit while riding her bike along Evanston Way on Sunday evening, renewing concerns of parents that live in the area

  Lifestyle

  Jun 8, 2017