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Reduced speed camera revenue will hinder the City of Saskatoon’s ability to implement traffic safety measures, a city council committee heard.

Council’s transportation committee was told Tuesday that a decision by the Saskatchewan Party provincial government to redirect most of the money raised from fines issued through speed cameras has created uncertainty for the city.

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The money raised by speed camera fines went to the city’s traffic safety reserve fund, in part to deflect the suggestion the cameras were being used simply to raise revenue for governments.

The province announced last month it was making the speed camera pilot project permanent and that, effective in 2019, the revenue will be split, with most going to the province. One quarter of it will go to the province’s general revenue fund and the remainder will be split between a provincial traffic safety fund and the participating municipality.