Alberta says it will reduce photo radar sites [Video]

Alberta reannounced plans to reduce photo radar sites in the province on Monday.

In June, the United Conservative government announced it would reduce the number of photo radar sites in the province by 80-to-90 per cent, a move officials said would bring the province in line with the rest of the country.

Right now, Alberta has 2,400 photo radar locations, while other provinces have between 200 and 400.

“Albertans can be confident that photo radar will only be used to improve traffic and roadside worker safety and not to make money,” Devin Dreeshen, minister of transportation, said in a news release on Monday.

Starting April 1, photo radar will be removed on numbered provincial highways and will only be allowed in school, playground and construction zones.

Speed cameras will also be removed from all red-light cameras across the province, although red-light cameras will remain.

Municipalities will also be able to …