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In an 8-6 vote, city council voted Monday evening to move ahead with public engagement on neighbourhood speed limits.

The public engagement process, which will cost about $200,000, will include multiple options for reducing speed limits on residential and collector roads.

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In a defeated motion, Coun. Peter Demong proposed that the public engagement process be put on hold for two years to save costs.

Coun. Druh Farrell said at least two pedestrians were hit on city streets Monday.

“We’ve got a human emergency on our streets that we somehow are treating like it’s normal,” she said.

Mayor Naheed Nenshi said he thinks “it’s worth seeing what the citizens think about it and then just making a decision once and for all.”

City staff say traffic collisions are currently costing the city around $1.2 billion per year.