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Council hopes specific times will encourage safety and reduce driver confusion
Significant changes to Calgary school and playground zone times are coming in September.
At its July 22 meeting , council voted — despite major opposition from Mayor Naheed Nenshi — to change the current playground zone and school zone times from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Coun. Shane Keating said these playground and school zone timing changes are necessary to help decrease driver confusion in the city.
- By Paulina Liwski
City will hold a strategic planning session on corporate financing in the fall.
In a 11-3 vote, Calgary council shot down a motion at its June 23 meeting that would have seen city administration compile a report on the implications of raising the city's debt servicing limits.
Currently, the debt servicing limit is at about 28 per cent, which is 80 per cent of the acceptable debt-servicing limit of 35 per cent determined by the Municipal Government Act (MGA).
- By Paulina Liwski and Quinton Amundson
Calgary administrators to examine ways to increase downtown office parking
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icipating dramatic population growth in the next few years, Calgary city council gave its administration the green light to explore options to increase downtown parking.
In a unanimous decision June 23, administration was charged with the task of examining options to increase the amount of parking spaces for downtown offices.
- By Quinton Amundson
Councillors have issue with residential and highway speeding fines being the same
Speeding in residential areas of Alberta could cost drivers more money if Calgary city council gets its way.
Council gave Mayor Naheed Nenshi the green light at the May 12 regular council meeting to craft a letter compelling the Alberta Justice Minister and Solicitor General Jonathan Denis to amend the province's Traffic Safety Act to increase the fine for speeding in residential areas.
- By Quinton Amundson