Calgary councillor tables motion to double speeding fines in playground zones [Video]

A motion before Calgary councillors wants the provincial government to consider doubling the fines for speeding through a playground or school zone across Alberta.

Coun. Jasmine Mian submitted the motion to have the issue discussed at an Alberta Municipalities conference in September. The province sets speed fines through its Traffic Safety Act.

“As a city councillor, I am in my school zones quite a bit and safety is a very big concern,” Mian said Tuesday.

“I want to have a conversation with other municipalities as to whether they think this is something that we should advance a little bit further.”

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The motion states that other provinces, such as British Columbia and Ontario, have increased or doubled fines for speeding in playground and school zones.

Mian pointed to changes the Alberta government implemented in recent years …