City councillor wants to nix school-zone tickets on holidays

Coun. Shawn Dobsonwants the city to stop enforcing school-zone speed limits on holidays.

The St. Charles councillor has authored a motionto prevent the ticketing of motoristscaughtdriving above 30 kilometres per hour on weekday holidays from September to June.

"The 30 kilometre zone was there to protect the kids going to and from school. It doesn't apply during the summer and it shouldn't duringthe breaks or during holidays," Dobson said Wednesday at city hall, during a break in the monthly council meeting.

"There's no reason for us to ticket when we know that there's no kids going to school."

This motion will be will be referred automatically to the next meeting ofcouncil's public works committee.

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The City of Winnipeg has noplans to amend its school-zone speed-reduction bylaw to excludeholidays.

Former public works chairCoun. Janice Lukessaid last fall if it was up to her,speed limits in school zones would be enforced 365 days a year to ensure slowing down near schools becomes an ingrained behaviour.

City councillor wants to nix school-zone tickets on holidays

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Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman offered no opinion on the idea and said he would like to hear from experts before he comes to a conclusion.

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The St. Vital councillorhas authored a motion to examine the financial implications of allowing students who live outside the Perimeter Highway andoutsideWinnipeg Transit's service area but still within city limits to be exempt from buying the bus passes.

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His motion, which will also be presented today, will be referred to the next public works committee meeting,