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City bureaucrats have prepared a suite of speed-reducing options that could see speed limits on all but Calgary’s busiest roads dropped to 30 km/h.

However, some city councillors have reservations about the proposed reductions, saying there needs to be more evidence on the merit of blanket speed-limit reductions and equal emphasis on enforcement and education.

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“While I acknowledge that people pushing for the blanket change are very well-intentioned, I want to make sure that if council is going to spend time, money and resources on this that it actually gets us to the outcome we are all looking for,” said Coun. Jeromy Farkas, referring to increased safety.

Three options are slated to be presented to the city’s transportation committee on Wednesday: an overall reduction to 30 km/h on both residential and collector roads (roads that move traffic from local streets to major thoroughfares); 40 km/h for both; or a reduction to 30 km/h on residential roads and 50 km/h on collector roads.