Right… Â I see how this is such a disaster waiting to happen. Â Someone from Kansas stops by, and doesn’t understand “4th AVENUE” is “4th Avenue”. Â Let’s get this straight, instead of decomissioning these signs in a staged manner, a capital letter is so dangerous that we have to spend $27.5 million dollars today!
Is this the best time to invest this money when instead we can do a phased elimination of these signs? Â Why is this so critical? Â Due to a new Federal requirement. Â Evidently, just now someone has realized that mixed case is easier to read from a distance.
Now, maybe I have missed something.. Â But the deadline to complete this is 2018, which is 8 years… Â But the city has stated that they have a regular maintenance schedule, and that “in eight years, we would have normally replaced them as part of normal activity. “. Â So, what is this $27.5 million dollars going to? Â If the $27.5 million dollar activity will be done in 2018, then why are we not doing this with the normal maintenance cycle?
This is your government money at work….