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For more than 30 years, Airdrie has had a residential speed limit of 30 km/h, lower than most Alberta communities.

And the city’s mayor, Peter Brown, believes the lower speed limit has helped prevent collisions.

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With news that Calgary could possibly drop its residential speed limits from 50 to 40 km/h, Brown is applauding the move.

“In my years as mayor, we haven’t had a tremendous amount of feedback, negative feedback, as it relates to having the 30 (km/h) within the community,” he said Saturday.

“I believe inherently people go faster than the speed limit as it is. So Calgary looking at reducing to 40 is a really good thing, in my mind.”

A pedestrian strategy set to go before a city committee this month has made several recommendations, including the reduction of the residential speed limit, which has sparked both praise and backlash from Calgarians.

Some argue for education over legislation, others have issues with the $2.5-million in annual operating costs to implement the short-term actions recommended in the report.