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The Quebec government is planning to expand the use of photo radar and red light cameras across the province in what is being called another pilot project.

On Wednesday Transport Minister Pierre Moreau tabled Bill 57 in the National Assembly, and this legislation calls for photo radar devices and red light camera systems to be added to school zones and road construction zones throughout Quebec.

"If we want this equipment to be efficient in reducing the number of accidents on our road network, we need public acceptability," said Moreau.

There would be fair warning for drivers entering zones with automatic monitoring, but a lack of signage will not let drivers nabbed by a camera to get off scot-free.

In a construction zone the workers responsible for maintaining the site would have to put up road signs indicating where these devices are.

However the bill as tabled says "in the case of certain offences, the prosecutor will not be required to prove the presence of signs or signals"

Anyone driving an emergency vehicle, such as a police car, an ambulance or a fire truck, will be immune to being fined if caught speeding by photo radar.

Right now 15 photo radar stations are installed throughout the province as part of a pilot project that began in 2009.

The next location to get photo radar is Quebec City, with the blessing of mayor Regis Labeaume.Twenty-five new photo radar sites will be added around Quebec City, with four mobile photo radar vehicles tested.

"You would fear to get a ticket, that is it. You want to pay a ticket? No. No one wants to pay a ticket. It's all about money coming out of your pocket," said Labeaume.

A similar proposal to install mobile sites in Montreal was rejected by mayor Gerald Tremblay because the province would control how the mobile site would be used and where the revenue would be spent.

Labeaume has been lobbying for photo radar in the capital since the pilot project began three years ago.

Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois has echoed some of Tremblay's concerns, citing the lack of information about where the millions of dollars generated from the new sites will be spent.

"I disagree with this project if they use that as a source of money for the government. That isn't the goal, the goal is to prevent accidents," said Marois. "The money coming from the tickets is supposed to be invested in prevention and security on the road."

The new camera program will last 18 months before being reviewed.