Premier Doug Ford is set to ban the speed cameras that he has denounced as a municipal “cash grab,” the Star has learned.

Sources, speaking confidentially in order to discuss internal deliberations, say Ford’s Progressive Conservatives will table legislation later this fall to outlaw the controversial “automated speed enforcement” devices.

“We’re looking at all options on how to slow down traffic without the use of speed cameras,” a senior government official said.

Ford has been telegraphing for days his displeasure with the monitoring tools he actually allowed municipalities to install in order to reduce speeding in school zones.

His opposition to them comes despite evidence from both police and doctors that they are effective deterrents to driving fast near schools.

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