Questions are being raised about new signs that have been delivered to municipalities, which will replace automated speed cameras in school safety zones. The concern is that the signs are too big and, in the case of Toronto, there are not enough of them.

Following the Ford government’s passage of a bill banning the use of speed cameras across the province, cities are now required to install new signs indicating it is a school zone and what the posted speed limit is in that area.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the City has been provided with 20 signs for its 641 school zones. On top of that, the size of the signs means new poles will have to be installed in order to post them. Chow says while the province has indicated it will pay for the installation of the poles, there is no option to a

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