A change to legislation in the province has Lacombe feeling ahead of the game.

Province officials are getting fed-up of municipalities using the intended "safety improvement technique," to increase revenue and say they will be implementing some changes.

In Lacombe, Mayor Grant Creasey says that they took photo radar off the table when citizens expressed their concerns with it a few years back.

He adds that the original reasons for the system were to decrease collision and fatality rates.

“Thankfully those particular concerns were not forefront for Lacombe,” he explains, “I think the province is going to be generating some guidelines that will enable the continued use in areas where it is warranted.”

Officials say they will give municipalities one year to 'prove' that their photo radar system contributes to significant traffic safety outcomes, like reducing collisions and saving lives.

Creasey says they tried the system out to see if there were any perks to it, but when it was clearly not working and residents were getting frustrated he know it wasn’t worth it.

“The positive sides as far as fatality reduction, or even serious crime reduction, or education overall did not prove to come about through the use of photo radar.”

Then they will begin making changes to tighten up rules and locations to better meet those important factors.

Conventional traffic enforcement, such as police patrolling or scanning traffic with radar, is still allowed in locations where automated enforcement is prohibited.