Winnipeg School Zones

• Reduced speed limits in Winnipeg school zones back in effect Friday

  Drivers who don't adhere to the 30 km/h limits in school zones from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every weekday could find themselves saddled with a hefty traffic ticket.

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  Aug 31, 2023
  
• Five years in the making, first gifted flashing amber light for Winnipeg school zones installed

  'This is the first set of school beacons going up, so yay, after a five-year wait,' said the electric company owner who pushed the city to install flashing lights in school zones.

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  Apr 5, 2021
  
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• Winnipeg councillor proposes photo radar money be used for safety, road design

  A Winnipeg city councillor is hoping to change how the city uses revenue from photo radar enforcement.

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  Mar 30, 2021
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• ‘Please slow down’: Grade 5 school safety patrol’s plea to Winnipeg drivers

  Matthew Skibo, a Grade 5 school safety patrol in northeast Winnipeg, told 680 CJOB some drivers are ignoring him as he tries to help kids cross the street.

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  Oct 2, 2020
• Safety beacons in Winnipeg school zones caught in more red tape, says councillor

  Despite the best intentions of an electrician who first offered to donate flashing lights for school zones years ago, the city says the lights won't be in place when classes begin.

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  Sep 2, 2020
• Reduced speed limits back in Winnipeg school zones, gifted flashing lights coming soon

  Maximum speed limits drop back down to 30 km/h around most schools in Winnipeg as of Tuesday.

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  Sep 1, 2020
• More than 8,000 tickets handed out to Winnipeg drivers speeding through school zones in June

  "We saw a significant number of speeding offences in the reduced-speed school zones," Insp. Gord Spado said Thursday.

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  Jul 23, 2020
• Winnipeg decides to accept gifted flashing school zone lights four years later

  Flashing amber lights will soon be set up in school zones across Winnipeg at next to no cost to taxpayers, some four years after a man offered to supply the lights and set them up for free.

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  Jun 12, 2020
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• School zone enforcement back in Winnipeg on Monday

  With some schools opening in a limited capacity beginning Monday, enforcement of school zones will start back up, police said Friday.

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  May 29, 2020
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• Police not enforcing school zone speed limits as classes cancelled for coronavirus

  The decision reflects social distancing practices during the coronavirus pandemic, police said.

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  Mar 24, 2020