The province is providing large signs for 20 school zones in place of the city’s former automated speed cameras after Doug Ford’s government ordered the cameras removed in recent weeks — but the signs are too big for Toronto’s poles.

In a statement sent to CBC News, city spokesperson Kate Lear said the province will cover the cost of installing “approximately 80 new signs” in Toronto for roughly four signs per school zone, with “work underway to identify exact locations.”

But speaking at an unrelated news conference Wednesday, Mayor Olivia Chow confirmed the signs are too big to be installed.

“We have to get new poles. The province said they would cover the cost,” Chow said.

Though Toronto’s speed cameras are no longer running, Chow reiterated that she believes they save lives. They al

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