Saskatoon city council committee to debate adding playground speed limits, senior zones

Saskatoon city council's committee on transportation will debate making changes to school zones, introducing playground speed limits as well as senior zones, on Monday.

The committee's agenda includes a possible revision to thethe reduced speed school zone policy to alignthe policy with Transportation Association of Canadaguidance. These guidelinestake into account the school type, length, the placement of sidewalks, whether the playgrounds and schools are fenced, and more.

The agenda suggests drivers would maintain a reduced speed limit of 30 km/h in school zones.

Thecommittee will also discuss revisingexisting hours for school zones and implementing hours for playground zones to be in effect all 12 months of the year, sevendays a week, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. CST.

The committee will also debate the implementation of senior zones. These measures would focus onincreasing pedestrian crossing times at signalised intersections, pedestrian devices, traffic calming, enhanced pavement markings and improved street lighting in certain areas.

All these changes would be made in 2022 if approved, according to the agenda.

The transportation committee meeting begins at 2 p.m. CST Monday.