The signs alerting drivers that speed enforcement cameras could catch them traveling too fast have to be taken down from state roads and highways in the Valley by Friday.

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) sent out letters to communities including Girard, Howland, Hubbard, Liberty, and Youngstown earlier this month ordering speed enforcement cameras and any mounted cameras on state routes and interstates be removed.

Youngstown Police Officers will continue to use handheld cameras without those signs in place.

Youngstown Law Director Jeff Limbian joined WFMJ Weekend Today's Press Pass to explain why the city believes its still within the law to use the cameras and how it will move signs to meet guidelines.

The city sign department will be told as early as this week to move signs alerting drivers of speed enforcement cameras to roads that lead to state routes and highways like Interstate 680.

Limbian says the way he interprets the law is that as long as people are adequately notified that the city has traffic cameras then moving the signs should be sufficient.

But drivers traveling from another highway merging onto 680 won't see those signs since they have to be taken down from all state-maintained roadways.

"You know it probably is not fair," Limbian said. 

"If you have somebody who is passing through 680 from Akron and maybe heading to somewhere in Western Pennsylvania, they're not going to know and clearly I think we need to work with the state to try to rectify that problem," Limbian said.

Just like the class action traffic ticket case in Girard, Limbian is expecting a class action lawsuit targeting speed cameras to eventually surface.  

Limbian says he's expecting and prepared for possible legal challenges to the city's decision.

"I wouldn't be surprised if some thoughtful or aggressive lawyer might do the same thing with Youngstown and we're prepared to fight it, because the safety for the citizens of Youngstown and frankly it's a financial issue too," he said.