ONTARIO-The Ontario government says it is investing $210 million through the Road Safety Initiatives Fund (RSIF) to support increased road safety in school zones and community safety zones. The RSIF will provide financial support for proven road safety measures that do not raise costs for drivers, including traffic-calming infrastructure like speed bumps, raised crosswalks, and roundabouts as well as high visibility signage and increased police enforcement in school zones and community safety zones where municipal speed cameras were previously deployed according to the province.
“Under the leadership of Premier Ford, our government is standing up for drivers by banning cash-grab speed cameras and supporting proven road safety measures that will make a real difference,” said Prabmeet Sarkaria, Minister of Transportation. “Ontario has some of the safest roads in North America and our new Road Safety Initiatives Fund will build on this record by ensuring municipalities have the resources they need to implement proven traffic-calming measures without making life more expensive for drivers.”
As part of the RSIF, the Ontario government will provide $42 million in immediate funding to support traffic-calming measures in school zones and community safety zones that previously deployed municipal speed cameras. Early next year, eligible municipalities will be invited to apply to the RSIF for the remainder of the funding and submit construction plans for traffic-calming infrastructure.
The government recently passed the Building a More Competitive Economy Act, which received Royal Assent on November 3, 2025, prohibiting the use of municipal speed cameras as of November 14, 2025. The province says the use of these cameras resulted in Ontarians being charged with millions of dollars in fines, including a single camera in the City of Toronto that issued more than 65,000 tickets and took in nearly $7 million in fines prior to 2025.
