The Alberta government plans to review photo radar sites in the province over the next four months in a bid to reduce the number by 70 per cent.

The Alberta government announced it will be slashing the number of photo radar sites across the province by 70 per cent from 2,200 locations to 650 next year. “These changes will once and for all kill the photo radar cash cow in Alberta,” said Transportation Minister, Devin Dreeshen at a news conference in Edmonton Monday.

Alberta's government is banning photo radar on provincial highways and restricting it to schools, playgrounds, and construction zones.

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.

Alberta’s transportation minister says as of April 1 the province is ending photo radar ticketing on all numbered provincial highways.